1. F/A-18E/F SUPER HORNET BLOCK II MULTI-YEAR PROCUREMENT
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2. NAVAL CARRIER AVIATION FLEXIBLE TIMELY RESPONSE
The Nation is Facing a Wide Range Of Dangerous and Increasingly Complex Threats
These complex threats require flexible multi-role systems, and demand sufficient numbers to address concurrent scenarios
The Characteristics Of Conflicts Are Changing As Well,
Becoming More Asymmetrical and Geographically Diverse
As a result, the Nation continues to depend on the Navy as “first responders” for conflicts which require speed and flexibility in execution
Aircraft Carriers Provide Critical Sovereign Basing For Forward Deployed Forces Addressing Complex Threats
Timely and flexible response requires keeping carriers at sea
Current Naval Service fighter inventory projections show a trend, with available inventory falling. This trend is not sustainable if war fighting capability is to be preserved and readiness is to be maintained.
US Military Involvement Since 1990
Tactical Aviation Provides the Critical Means
To Exercise The Nation’s Carrier Power
The complex nature of emerging threats requires a versatile tactical aviation platform.

3. Up to 4 carriers without aircraft for 15 years
NAVY TACTICAL AVIATION LOOMING SHORTFALL
Naval aviation faces an impending TACAIR shortfall due to
Current Hornet service life limits: war time usage greater than plan
Inventory reductions: procurement decisions over past 15 years
Delays in other tactical aircraft programs: Navy F-35C model slips
Up to 4 carriers without aircraft for 15 years
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Current Naval Service fighter inventory projections show a trend, with available inventory falling. This trend is not sustainable if war fighting capability is to be preserved and readiness is to be maintained.
Inventory gap will cause operational warfighting shortfall
This Navy strike fighter shortfall is rapid and dramatic,
and will exceed 240 aircraft

4. F/A-18E/F SUPER HORNET BLOCK II DELIVERING CAPABILITY
The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II delivers:
Advanced multi-role capabilities today
The world’s most capable AESA radar
Sensor integration
Enhanced survivability
The Super Hornet - Unprecedented Multi-Mission War Fighting Capabilities
The Super Hornet with its advanced sensors and targeting capabilities, connectivity paths, and precision weapons, has already started to transform the way the Navy fights.

5. Aircraft Unit Flyaway Price
A MODEL DEFENSE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM
The F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet program is a model for defense acquisition
On budget, ahead of schedule, and delivering next generation capabilities today
First Multi-Year Procurement – $700M savings
Second Multi-Year Procurement –$1B savings
Third Multi-Year Procurement – Est. $700M savings
Super Hornet Block II
Evolved Capabilities
State of the Art Sensors
Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar
Sensor Integration
Enhanced Survivability
Electronic Attack
Advanced Communications
Distributed Targeting
Advanced Weapons
Integration Across the Joint Force
Open Architecture
Operational Flexibility
Aircraft Unit Flyaway Price
The Super Hornet is a model defense program and has been referenced as a positive example by the Navy and the Department of Defense in multiple instances. Working together as a partnership, the Navy and the HIT has delivered substantial savings through two multi-year procurements.
MYP III:
10 % savings
LRIP I
MYP I
MYP II
Advanced capabilities with a history of savings

6. Multi-Year Procurement (MYP) Of Super Hornets
THE ONLY AFFORDABLE AND CAPABLE SOLUTION
TO THE STRIKE FIGHTER SHORTFALL
Multi-Year Procurement (MYP) Of Super Hornets
The Navy is facing a tactical aviation shortfall and needs to purchase additional Super Hornets through a cost-saving Multi-Year Procurement that saves taxpayers money
The Super Hornet Block II is a highly capable aircraft that provides an affordable and low-risk solution to meet the Navy’s tactical aircraft needs through 2025
The F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet program is a model for defense acquisition - on budget and on time
The Super Hornet industrial base is a national asset
Super Hornet program - on time, on budget, meets all requirements

7. RISK MITIGATION THE INDUSTRIAL BASE
Current DoD planning closes the Super Hornet Block II production line years before equivalent aircraft capability or production capacity is available.
A Super Hornet multi-year:
Protects over 100,000 jobs
Prevents reduction to single fighter house
Mitigates supplier industrial impact
Manages risk, maintains expertise
Provides linkage to future programs
1,900 companies in 46 states
Action must be taken in the upcoming budget to address the TACAIR shortfall.
Without capacity to overcome a gap, the nation loses the ability
to respond to inventory uncertainties

8. Situation SOLUTIONS NAVY TACAIR SHORTFALL
Navy not requesting a multi-year or additional aircraft at this time
SECDEF reducing Super Hornet 2010 procurement from 40 to 31 aircraft (E/F/G)
Navy’s newest TACAIR shortfall projection was 243 aircraft (before latest cut)
This 243 number has been shared with some congressional staffers
SECDEF’s budget does not address the TACAIR shortfall
SECDEF has unilaterally made the POM10 budget decisions and Services unable or unwilling to challenge (exampled by the USAF change in position on F-22)
SECDEF has not answered Congress on MYPIII savings as directed by 2009 NDAA
Navy’s newest TACAIR shortfall projection was 243 aircraft (before latest cut)
This number is now under a Navy “gag order” until the budget is released
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II
"MYP III Right for our Navy, Right for our Nation, Right Now"

9. SOLUTIONS NAVY TACAIR SHORTFALL
Reaching Out to Congress For Help, Is Key!
Must raise the issue with Congressional Members that the strike fighter shortfall is critical to national security and additional Super Hornets will address this risk
Congress must act this year to address the TACAIR shortfall, if the CNO and the SECDEF will not
Congress can add additional Super Hornets in the 2009 Supplemental and the 2010 budget to start to address the shortfall
A third multi-year of Super Hornets is the best solution for the strike fighter shortfall and the nation
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II
"MYP III Right for our Navy, Right for our Nation, Right Now"