The Navy is planning its first rolling admissions period for entry into Seaport Next Generation and intends to publish a draft request for proposals later this year.
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Justin Katz was Inside the Navy’s associate editor until November 2020. He was previously a local news reporter in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. A New York native, he graduated from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, with a bachelor’s degree in communication.
The Navy is planning its first rolling admissions period for entry into Seaport Next Generation and intends to publish a draft request for proposals later this year.
Top Navy officials last month determined that two senior billets, charged with directing the service's $2 billion research and development enterprise, should no longer be "dual-hatted" by a single two-star admiral, according to a memorandum obtained by Inside Defense.
The Navy this week provided an undated document which includes written answers to questions taken for the record from the Senate Armed Services Committee to then-Vice Adm. Michael Gilday as part of his July 2019 nomination hearing to become chief of naval operations.
L3Harris Technologies' new contract to build the Navy’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel includes the maritime technology firm Gibbs & Cox as well as the Louisiana-based shipbuilder Swiftships as subcontractors, according to an L3Harris executive.
The Navy yesterday announced it awarded Denver-based FlightSafety Services Corp. a $220 million training services contract for the TH-73A helicopter.
The Navy is seeking information from industry about proprietary "low probability of intercept/detect" waveforms and other capabilities in response to a funding restriction signed into law in the most recent defense policy bill.
Three companies began work this month on prototyping capabilities for a new wargaming facility scheduled to come online in fiscal year 2023 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA, according to an officer overseeing the effort.
A government watchdog has found unplanned work and workforce problems are the two key factors causing the Navy to fall behind on aircraft carrier and submarine maintenance availabilities.
The Office of Naval Research yesterday awarded Honolulu-based Navatek a $9.6 million research and development contract focused on "advances in asymmetric naval forces and logistics," according to a Pentagon statement.
The Navy yesterday announced the beginning of the biennial, international maritime exercise Rim of the Pacific with a focus on at-sea demonstrations to minimize sailors' risk of being exposed to the coronavirus.
Perspecta is in talks with the Justice Department to stop Leidos from continuing work on its Next Generation Enterprise Network contract while a lawsuit is pending in federal court, according to recently unsealed court documents.
The Navy last week awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $125 million contract for labor and material efforts associated with planning the engineered overhaul availability for the Los Angeles-class attack submarine Hartford (SSN-768).
The Navy yesterday awarded a $33 million contract to California-based RQ Construction to build an operations complex for 5th Battalion, 10th Marines at Camp Lejune in North Carolina, according to a Pentagon statement.
The Navy's acquisition executive said today the service is not "out of the woods" in terms of a shipyard being shut down as a result of the coronavirus.
The Maritime Administration today awarded Crowley Government Services a $56 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to manage procuring the dozens of used sealift vessels required to recapitalize the sealift fleet, according to a public notice.
Perspecta's chief executive this week said he believes the Navy will extend the company's contract to operate the service's intranet by six months.
The Marine Corps is eyeing how additive manufacturing can change the ways its construction battalions operate, following a successful proof-of-concept demonstration earlier this year.
The Navy's acquisition executive last month delegated authorities to several lower-echelon acquisition organizations to conduct basic and applied research, according to a July 10 memo obtained by Inside Defense.
Huntington Ingalls Industries executives today announced the company incurred $111 million in additional charges related to Block IV Virginia-class submarines during its most recent quarter, and $16 million of those costs are directly related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
A top Leidos executive said today an ongoing federal lawsuit concerning the Navy's Next Generation Enterprise Network services contract will delay the scheduled changeover from the incumbent contractor to Leidos. (UPDATED)