I would defer to the Secretary and the Chairman on that question, ma' am. The answer is yes. I would file this entire discussion under difficult choices that we have to make. But you know, The E7 in particular, sort of late, more expensive and gold plated. And so filling the gap and then shifting to space based ISR is a portion of how we think we can do it best, considering all the challenges. (1:55:58–1:56:04)
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