I'm glad that Mr Gilpin is so comfortable about declaring success in tests that have not happened yet. And that the Navy is committed to the F-35...
Of course, given the fact that the Navy got caught soliciting an FY15 bid for more Super Hornets (the programmatic equivalent of one's S.O. discovering a stray fire-engine-red press-on nail adhering to one's boxers) there was not much else Mr Gilpin could have said without incurring a stand-up, no-tea-and-biscuits meeting on his return to DC.
And refer to the QLR report of Nov 2011 for why catching the wire is not necessarily the end of the story.