Inside the Navy highlights

By John Liang / June 25, 2018 at 5:05 AM

Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy:

1. The Pentagon last week awarded BAE Systems a contract worth $198 million to produce 30 low-rate production Amphibious Combat Vehicles, according to Marine Corps officials.

Full story: BAE Systems wins Amphibious Combat Vehicle contract

2. Air Force and Navy sustainment officials have been working since December to develop a detailed cost estimate for a plan to establish an organic F-35 Joint Strike Fighter software maintenance capability and will brief the program's sustainment lead in the next few weeks.

Full story: Air Force, Navy sustainment team to brief F-35 JPO on software maintenance cost estimates

3. Both the Navy and Marine Corps have recently experienced an uptick in class C mishaps, according to two top aviation officers.

Full story: Navy, Marine Corps report more class C mishaps

4. The Navy may expand the use of requirements evaluation teams -- initially created by the surface warfare community for the new frigate and Zumwalt-class destroyer -- to the other warfare communities, according to a top requirements officer.

Full story: Navy may expand use of requirements evaluation teams

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