Inside The Navy Highlights

Highlights from this week's edition of Inside the Navy:

1. The Navy is making plans to release a request for proposals that will result in a $6 billion contract award for the Navy's top acquisition: the Ohio-class replacement program.

Full story: Navy making plans to release SSBN(X) RFP that will result in $6B contract

2. The Navy and Air Force are conducting a study about common components across the nuclear triad in order for the military to modernize the force while cutting cost, according to a senior Navy official.

Full story: Navy, Air Force conducting triad commonality study to cut costs

3. The lack of a fiscal year 2016 budget has not yet forced the Navy to revise the annual execution guidance it issues to the public shipyards, but a longer budget impasse may force the service to retool those planning documents.

Full story: No updated planning guidance sent to shipyards under short-term CR