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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysagpj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 11:33 a.m. in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Thad Cochran (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Cochran, Shelby, Moran, Durbin, and Udall. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEFENSE INNOVATION AND RESEARCH STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK KENDALL, UNDER SECRETARY OF DE- FENSE FOR ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY AND LOGISTICS OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR THAD COCHRAN Senator COCHRAN. The Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations will please come to order. We are today having a hearing on the Defense appropriations re- quest from the administration for fiscal year 2016, the Defense in- novation and research request. We want to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses and thank you for cooperating with our committee and being here today to discuss the budget request from the administration. We are spe- cifically going to be reviewing the request for fiscal year 2016, as submitted by the administration, and specifically the Defense inno- vation and research title. We are pleased to welcome Mr. Frank Kendall, who is Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; Mr. Alan Shaffer, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for De- velopment, Research and Engineering; and Dr. Steven Walker, Deputy Director of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. I want to commend Mr. Shaffer as he concludes his work with the Department of Defense. He will be departing the Department to serve as Director of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Science Office located in Paris. That is pretty good going. We appreciate your 38 years of distinguished service, and we wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Mr. SHAFFER. Thank you, sir. (1)