But I will tell you that no single group is more important than another. They are all important to what we do. As an Air Force, as a Navy, as an Army, as a Marine Corps, we've got to include industry as partners on our team. Widnall and I view industry as full partners on the Air Force team. This isn't a new notion, though.
Air power is a composite of aircrews, maintainers, suppliers, and industry.
I like that description. To do this we must build a foundation of trust and teamwork. We must have a shared confidence with industry. Your commercial and civil ventures give you a tremendous knowledge base. You don't need us telling you how to build a better mouse trap, a better computer or a better spacecraft.