>> not in the kayten. it was in the f-16. >> in today's heads up display, we have villars, i lf, pack and made the f, of the avionics integrated with the display in a very robust way that increases safety and improved performance of the pilots and the crew especially when they're operating in fatigues situations . g think it is important to have this kind of avionics credibility in aircraft these days? >> i do. >> do you think it's important to have to rain awareness and warning systems in a multi function display for aircraft that fly in areas that sometimes require very low flight and dangerous scenarios? >> if it is practical and affordable, absolutely. >> and of course when it comes to threat indication, c1 thirties' often fly in difficult places. threat indicators important. the other thing, one of the concerns i have especially regarding the c-130 fleet that i dealt with in the navy is the various configurations of display, various configurations of avionic systems. it seems like every aircraft you g

this is what the kayten does best. can you respond to both questions? >> i will start. thank you for your comments about me trying to be on top of things early on. i'll also try to do quite a bit of my own due diligence because i too have heard it is a specialty capability that does some of these missions in a unique way. what i have learned along the way to my briefings and the pentagon, talking to the general, i have been to a moody air force base and seen a demonstration, talked to f-16 pilots who also have done the kayten mission. but i have learned over time is although it is a great aircraft and it does to close air support superbly, these other aircraft can do as well. 80 percent of what they have done includes air support afghanistan and has been by aircraft other than the ten. for example, the f-16 has been doing closer support. 20 percent by age ten and 80% by other aircraft. the mission would be covered. if you do away, how would you do these missions. it would be covered by other aircraft which i require other training. of course to be able to get good, but

first of all, the retirement of the kayten fleet is an extremely controversial area.ut as begin in the q&a, but i wanted to know that we're absolutely committed to a close air support mission. we will not let it drop. i try to talk to commanders on the ground. general wells knows far more than i do about, but we will cover and we can get really commit the we will. retirement of the youtube fleet, we will keep the global lock. having of its together would be terrific, but it is not affordable. we feel under the circumstances there are requirements which when you add those together we are about the validated requirement for high altitude reconnaissance. once again in a tough budget environment this is a choice with the weakness in some rest. we will have limited growth and our combat air patrol which is the reaper in a predator. so we originally set a couple years back to ago the 65. under our proposal we will go to 55. today we are 50. still growing, this is not as much. over time we will retire the predators' in favor of having an entire fleet of in kaynine. retiring