After carefully evaluating Lockheed's proposals, we decided that the prudent course of action at this time was to terminate the contract.

We take every opportunity we can to get other forces, particularly land forces like the Marines, involved in what we're doing.

If we do not stay on track, we are dead meat.

We learned a great deal in the early stages of this contract during the system's design maturation phase and we intend to take this knowledge forward.