Transcript: Briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities - Open Hearing: April 19, 2023

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1 naval aviators flying at Naval Air Station Fallon, and
2 service members across -- from across the world training at
3 the Nevada test and training range. I know you know all
4 this.
5 And, unfortunately, the existence of advanced UAPs in
6 the U.S. airspace and over U.S. military installations not a
7 new phenomenon. The Navy has officially acknowledged that
8 between 2004 and 2021 11 near misses occurred involving UAPs
9 that required pilot action and follow-up reports.
10 As a result, in 2019 the Navy established a protocol
11 for pilots to report on their dangerous encounters. So
12 could you speak to any ongoing efforts within DOD to ensure
13 the safety of our aviators with a potential UAP encounter
14 and what is your relationship with NORTHCOM, NORAD, SPACECOM
15 when it comes to this immediate real-time response and how
16 -- they are there right there in the moment, right?
17 Mr. Kirkpatrick: Absolutely. That is a great
18 question.
19 So let me start with my relationship with the commands
20 are very good. I just came back from sitting down with
21 General VanHerck and all the all the J staff out at NORTHCOM
22 a couple weeks ago talking through exactly what we need to
23 do to help them get their arms around this.
24 We are also working very closely with Joint Staff and
25 the Joint Staff has just been very outstanding in helping