NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Navy is in the early stages of reviewing all its existing contracts, according to new Navy Secretary John Phelan, who today outlined his intent to draw upon his non-defense, private-sector experience to improve shipbuilding performance, reform defense acquisitions and run the service more like a business. Delivering his first public remarks since being confirmed by the Senate in March, Phelan emphasized the Trump administration’s focus on shipbuilding and questioned why many of the Navy’s acquisition...
