we have brett lambert, pentagon's director of industrial policy.e will talk about the future of the defense industry and ensuring fair competitions and how to improve access to technologies. welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> you allowed the eads -- rather, the eads is back in the tanker competition. you don't have the danger of having to negotiate a contract with boeing. what are some of the things you had to tell eads to get them back into the race as well as answering the lingering accusation that this entire competition is tilted toward boeing. >> of course it is in program selection so i can't give you specifics. we didn't have to do anything. the approach, the building and dr. carter, in particular, and the secretary have taken, allowed any credible competitor to compete for the programs. so of the 372 requirements that we laid out, we didn't change a single one of them. i don't think it was so much the department changing their course as it was just realizing that the competition tends to work and that particular company decided to compet