Navy provides Gilday's answers from CNO confirmation hearing

The Navy this week provided an undated document which includes written answers to questions taken for the record from the Senate Armed Services Committee to then-Vice Admiral Michael Gilday as part of his July 2019 nomination hearing to become chief of naval operations.

Senators asked the admiral about a wide range of subjects including hypersonic weapons development, middle-tier acquisition, the Navy's 2019 Force Structure Assessment and threats from Russia and China.

Gilday's hearing took place in July 2019 and the Senate approved his confirmation in early August.

The document was recently provided to Inside Defense as part of a Freedom of Information Act request.