Inside The Navy Highlights

Highlights from this week's Inside the Navy:

1. The Navy recently submitted an independent review team assessment to service leadership for the multibillion-dollar Ohio-class replacement ballistic missile submarine program.

Full Story: Navy Recently Submitted SSBN(X) Independent Assessment To Leadership

2. An influential House lawmaker said he anticipates a Pentagon-led review that includes the Navy's Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike program will wrap up soon and it is moving forward in a "very thoughtful, analytical way."

Full Story: Forbes: UCLASS Decision Is Moving Forward, Review Will Wrap Up Soon

3. Naval Air Systems Command is in the planning stages of pursuing a third multiyear contract to purchase another batch of Bell-Boeing's V-22 tiltrotor Ospreys between fiscal years 2018 and 2022.

Full Story: NAVAIR Continues Outlining Third Multiyear V-22 Osprey Contract