Marine Corps Systems Command leadership will assess its organizational structure in December to determine whether a new composition reached full operational capability, according to a service official.
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Lee Hudson was Inside the Navy's managing editor until June 2018. She has covered Navy and Marine Corps issues since 2011, reporting at the Pentagon, Capitol Hill, aboard ships and military facilities around the U.S. Previously she worked as a staff reporter at The Daily Review in Morgan City, LA, covering local government and crime. Lee graduated with a B.A. in Mass Communication and Marketing from Loyola University New Orleans.
Marine Corps Systems Command leadership will assess its organizational structure in December to determine whether a new composition reached full operational capability, according to a service official.
Marine Corps Systems Command established a wargaming center program office in July that will host 20 war games a year to comply with deputy defense secretary guidance, according to a service official.
Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy.
After more than a year of negotiations, the Navy today awarded a contract modification to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works for the Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
BAE Systems recently unveiled an Amphibious Combat Vehicle command-and-control variant that includes seven work stations and holds 10 Marines, according to the company.
The Marine Corps is looking to industry as it develops the requirements for a fifth-generation armored reconnaissance vehicle to replace its Light Armored Vehicle fleet, according to an official.
The Pentagon will host an industry day in October for the Overlord unmanned surface vehicle, part of the Strategic Capabilities Office's Ghost Fleet project.
Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy.
Following multiple collisions in U.S. 7th Fleet, Naval Surface Forces commander Vice Adm. Thomas Rowden is calling for changes in the service's focus, according to a new notice.
The Navy will seek an additional $600 million in operations and maintenance funding from Congress to pay repair bills for both the Fitzgerald (DDG-62) and the John S. McCain (DDG-56), according to Navy Secretary Richard Spencer.
The Navy said today it is delaying the Next Generation Enterprise Network recompete by about five months to implement a new "sprint" contract development process.
The Marine Corps is inviting industry, academia and government research and development organizations to demonstrate during a spring exercise non-developmental technologies, engineering innovations and operational concepts focused on fighting in an urban environment, according to a service official.
Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy.
General Dynamics Land Systems plans to build a prototype for the Marine Corps' armored reconnaissance vehicle program, set to be a new-start effort in fiscal year 2019.
The cost of the Navy's maintenance projects at its four public shipyards has grown by 41 percent over five years to an estimated $4.86 billion, and, as a result, the service anticipates it will be unable to conduct 73 of 218 maintenance periods over the next 23 fiscal years, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The Navy last month, as part of a Pentagon-wide package, sent the White House a list of programs from the fiscal year 2018 budget request the service identified as needing a waiver so that work could progress under a continuing resolution.
The Navy and Marine Corps are analyzing how the respective services' sensors and systems can share information via a tactical grid, according to an official.
The two attack submarine manufacturers say they can support a three Virginia-class boat per year build rate in the years the Navy is not buying a ballistic missile submarine, as long as the service supports industry in both planning and investment.
Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy.