Surface Warfare Division chief says Navy needs to replenish munitions

By Linda Hersey / June 21, 2023 at 2:53 PM
The Navy "has an inventory issue" with munitions stockpiles that it is addressing with industry, Rear Adm. Fred Pyle, director of the Surface Warfare Division, said today. “We need to replenish our stocks. We are sending a clear signal to industry” to improve production, said Pyle at the Potomac Officer Club’s annual summit in McLean, VA. “We are changing our language from minimum sustained rate to maximum sustained rate,” he said. Pyle and other speakers at the one-day event discussed...

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