Navy taps acquisition official for new role managing maritime industrial base
Frederick "Jay" Stefany will step into the new role as the Navy plans to invest billions to revamp its shipbuilding infrastructure and in preparation for AUKUS.
Frederick "Jay" Stefany will step into the new role as the Navy plans to invest billions to revamp its shipbuilding infrastructure and in preparation for AUKUS.
Lawmakers want to mandate the maintenance and modernization plan's annual delivery.
A top Marine Corps officer said the service has provided about 1,000 Javelins and 1,000 Stinger missiles to Ukraine so far.
The cost breach is one in a series of public missteps the Navy has had in recent years with the Littoral Combat Ships and the associated mission packages.
The Navy's long range shipbuilding plan has been officially released. Lawmakers are not impressed.
“We’ve heard these are national treasures,” Rep. John Garamendi said of the military's maintenance depots. “And yet, the ... organic industrial base infrastructure is chronically underfunded to the point these facilities are relics of the past.”
A memo obtained by Breaking Defense outlines the three new program executive offices that will now make up the Navy's submarine acquisition directorate.
The new integration offices will play a key role in ensuring programs across the Navy are able to meet the technical requirements imposed by Project Overmatch.
A senior naval aviation officer says a change to the F-35C squadrons, additional reserve aircraft from other services and a successful maintenance program will be key to resolving the longstanding shortfall.