Thanks, Mr. Chairman.
Generals, welcome to the committee.
General Adamson, I'll start with you in terms of the commercial integration cell. I want to follow up on Ms. Mathyssen's question that she asked earlier in terms of working with industry.
You've highlighted the benefits, and I think some of them are very obvious. It's an expensive process that we're involved in. Relying on the private sector certainly helps us lower the cost, I would think, for some of these initiatives. Supporting industry also drives innovation, and we'll see benefits there.
I am fascinated with our increasing reliance on industry. There is the politics of industry itself. I'll raise the Starlink issue with the Ukraine-Russia conflict. That played out in in a very public way.
Some in the public might say that with an increasing reliance on the private sector, industry or for-profit organizations, there may arise in the future—and I'm not asking for your opinion on the Starlink situation—some question about security in partnerships, whether they're legal or not.
How can the public be assured that we're protected with those agreements, knowing that there's an element of politics with some of these situations that arise?