Senate 4/19/2012 Hearing On Navy FY-13 Shipbuilding Programs

On April 19, 2012, the Senate Armed Services seapower subcommittee held a hearing on the Navy's fiscal year 2013 shipbuilding programs. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing as well as the joint prepared testimony of Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley; Vice Adm. Kevin McCoy, head of Naval Sea Systems Command; Vice Adm. John Blake, deputy chief of naval operations for integration of capabilities and resources (N8); Vice Adm. William Burke, deputy chief of naval operations for warfare systems (N9); and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Mills, head of Marine Corps Combat Development Command.