“Don’t let us tell you all that the uniformed contracting officers are the ones that are the problem,” Boeing's Michael Manazir said. “We have a shared problem and we’ve got to be able to figure out how to break through” it.
Lawmakers are generally supportive of the Navy providing long-range views of their planning, but the service's record on delivering the documents on time is mixed.
The assistant commandant also sought to tamp down on the narrative that funding amphibious shipbuilding was a fight between the Navy and Marine Corps.
Rear Adm. Mike Studeman, the commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence, also pushed back on the idea the US should discontinue its policy of "strategic ambiguity" regarding Taiwan.
Capt. Brian Erickson said his Office of Data and Analytics has formed three divisions — one focused on data analytics, another for data governance and strategy and a data integration division — to help guide the Coast Guard to become a data-driven organization.
A letter obtained by Breaking Defense states the "current phase" of a Navy study will wrap up this year.
The Marine Corps has stopped and restarted waterborne ACV operations over the past two years due to various training incidents.
“This strategy utilizes four human capital pillars - Identification, Recruitment, Development and Retention - to identify and group cyber workforce challenges,” according to slides.
Chris Cleary, the Navy’s principal cyber advisor, said he "caught a break" when he realized Pentagon-wide strategies generally matched the Navy's envisioned "secure, survive, strike" principles.
A US Navy official noted the "urgency" for Japan to get the software currently used by the US, UK and Italian navies.
Austal has invested $100 million in buying the land, revitalizing its facilities and building a floating dry dock to be used nearby.
The Super Hornets' performance also had unfavorable comparisons to other Navy and Air Force fleets.