We’ve been very successful in both of those. So, one of our goals has been to shorten not only the delivery portion - the five to six years where we are now - but also the shakedown portion and the PSA. Then at the end of PSA, it gets turned over to the type commander and they workup the crew and certify it for deployment. So the testing is the shakedown part and then you go into the post-shakedown availability. So that all happens and then the ship goes back into the post-shakedown availability. Things that are Navy testing and not shipbuilder testing. That’s things like acoustic trials, weapon systems, accuracy tests. We, the program office, own the ship and its schedule because there is testing postdelivery that has to be done before the ship can be certified as a war fighting element. Overall, how are you doing getting boats out on time? The Navy holds this up as its example program of things that are going well. It’s our job to make sure that we are delivering quality submarines to the fleet in as efficient and timely a manner as we can. I on occasion am lucky enough to see some of the mission debriefs from the boats coming back from deployment and the things they’re doing her eye-watering. Curtis Scaparrotti in EUCOM saying he needs more submarines. Harry Harris in PACOM says he needs more submarines. So, they’re the ones that work most closely with the boats during the non-deployment time and the workup time and then they go off and deploy and work for European Command or Pacific Command. We get continuous feedback from both the type commanders, Commander Submarine Force Atlantic and Commander Submarine Force Pacific, who are responsible for training and providing ready forces to the combatant commanders for deployment. First of all, the most important thing is that we have 15 Virginia-class submarines commissioned in the fleet and they’re out there performing exceptionally well.
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