S. HRG. 114–28, PT. 2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1356 TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CON- STRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PART 2 SEAPOWER MARCH 11, 18 AND 25, 2015 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:33 Aug 02, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6011 Sfmt 6011 C:\PDF\OUT\20642.TXT WILDA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM—PART 2 VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:33 Aug 02, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 C:\PDF\OUT\20642.TXT WILDA S. HRG. 114–28 PT. 2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 1356 TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CON- STRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PART 2 SEAPOWER MARCH 11, 18, 25, 2015 Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.fdsys.gov/ U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 20–642 PDF WASHINGTON : 2015 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:33 Aug 02, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 C:\PDF\OUT\20642.TXT WILDA COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona, Chairman JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma JACK REED, Rhode Island JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama BILL NELSON, Florida ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi CLAIRE MCCASKILL, Missouri KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia DEB FISCHER, Nebraska JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire TOM COTTON, Arkansas KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York MIKE ROUNDS, South Dakota RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut JONI ERNST, Iowa JOE DONNELLY, Indiana THOM TILLIS, North Carolina MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska TIM KAINE, Virginia MIKE LEE, Utah ANGUS S. KING, JR., Maine LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico TED CRUZ, Texas CHRISTIAN D. BROSE, Staff Director ELIZABETH L. KING, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi, Chairman JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire BILL NELSON, Florida MIKE ROUNDS, South Dakota JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire THOM TILLIS, North Carolina RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska TIM KAINE, Virginia TED CRUZ, Texas ANGUS S. KING, JR., Maine (II) VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:33 Aug 02, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 C:\PDF\OUT\20642.TXT WILDA C O N T E N T S MARCH 11, 2015 Page MARINE CORPS GROUND MODERNIZATION .............................................................. 1 Glueck, Lt. Gen. Kenneth J., Jr., USMC, Deputy Commandant, Combat De- velopment and Integration, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command ....................................................................................... 5 Dee, Thomas P., Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Expeditionary Pro- grams and Logistics Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development, and Acquisition ................................................ 7 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 43 MARCH 18, 2015 NAVY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 51 Stackley, Hon. Sean J., Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Develop- ment, and Acquisition .......................................................................................... 54 Hilarides, VADM William H., USN, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Com- mand ..................................................................................................................... 67 Mulloy, VADM Joseph P. USN, Deputy Chief Of Naval Operations, Integra- tion of Capabilities and Resources [N8] ............................................................. 68 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 100 MARCH 25, 2015 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AVIATION PROGRAMS .................................................... 117 Grosklags, VADM Paul A., USN, Principal Military Deputy, Assistant Sec- retary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisitions ................... 120 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 159 (III) VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:33 Aug 02, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\PDF\OUT\20642.TXT WILDA VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:33 Aug 02, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\PDF\OUT\20642.TXT WILDA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, Washington, DC. MARINE CORPS GROUND MODERNIZATION The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:30 a.m. in room SR–222, Russell Senate Office Building, Senator Roger F. Wicker (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Committee members present: Senators Wicker, Ayotte, Tillis, Sullivan, Blumenthal, Hirono, and King. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR ROGER F. WICKER, CHAIRMAN Senator WICKER. It is precisely 9:30 a.m., and this hearing of the Senate Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee will come to order. Before we begin, I think Senator Hirono and I would both like to express our concern for the seven marines and four soldiers missing after a helicopter crash early this morning in Florida. I un- derstand that the search and rescue mission continues, and we are anxious to receive any news we can. Perhaps our witnesses might have some information about that as they begin their testimony. The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower convenes this morning to examine Marine Corps ground modernization pro- grams. This is the Seapower Subcommittee’s first hearing for the 114th Congress. I welcome my friend and colleague from Hawaii, Senator Hirono, who serves as ranking member of this subcommittee. I look for- ward to working with Senator Hirono to ensure that our sailors and marines remain the best trained, best equipped, and most pro- fessional maritime fighting force in the world. This morning, we welcome Mr. Thomas P. Dee, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Expeditionary Programs and Logistics Management, and Lieutenant General Kenneth J. Glueck, who serves as Deputy Commandant for combat Development and Inte- gration. General Glueck is also the commanding general of the Ma- rine Corps Combat Development Command. Our subcommittee thanks you, and we thank the nearly 185,000 marines who are op- (1) VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:33 Aug 02, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 C:\PDF\OUT\20642.TXT WILDA 2 erating in over 40 countries around the world for your service to our Nation. Over the past several years, the Marine Corps has been in a transition period moving from counterinsurgency and stability op- erations in Iraq and Afghanistan to the Marine Corps’ more tradi- tional role as a ready and capable rapid response force. This transi- tion has been and will continue to be complicated by fiscal uncer- tainty, the prospect of sequestration, reductions in end strength and force structure, and challenges with combat vehicle moderniza- tion. Today, our efforts will update us on their efforts to build a global crisis response force of amphibious, combat, and tactical ground ve- hicles. This force should meet the Nation’s requirements for ma- neuver from the sea that is technologically achievable and afford- able. I would like our witnesses to elaborate on the Marine Corps’ strategy for modernizing its vehicle fleet, including the amphibious combat vehicle, ACV, and joint light tactical vehicle, JLTV. I would be interested to learn how the Marine Corps plans to meet its ground vehicle requirements within current and projected budget constraints while still maintaining high operational capability and readiness. I understand the Marine Corps has restructured the amphibious combat vehicle and will release a request for proposals this year. I remain concerned that substituting wheeled armor personnel car- riers for amphibious track vehicles could erode the Marine Corps’ amphibious assault capability, the capability that separates the Marine Corps from the Army. So perhaps we will hear testimony about that. I look forward to hearing how the Marine Corps ACV acquisition strategy will reduce fielding time and deliver vehicles incremen- tally. Now, with regard to the JLTV, I am encouraged by the progress that the Marine Corps and the Army have made on this multi-serv- ice program. The JLTV program office is scheduled for milestone C