Thank you, Mister Chair.
Mister Mathews, you seem rather reluctant to compare your aircraft with that of your competitors.
You must understand that we are requesting simulation data on the Boeing aircraft because members feel that 16 billion dollars for the Super Hornet or the F-35 is pretty exorbitant. We want to make sure that we got the best possible deal.
You say that it is not appropriate for you to comment on simulations or other issues. Do you mean that you consider this to be classified information? Is that the problem or is there some other reason?