Inside the Navy highlights

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

1. The Navy is facing a weapons shortfall, initially sparked by a decision to maintain high-end capability project funding levels in the face of a declining defense budget and further exacerbated by the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, according to a service official and budget documents.

Full story: Official: Navy weapons inventory needs to be examined by 2018

2. The amount of fuel used by the relatively new class of Littoral Combat Ships could change the Navy's requirement for 17 fleet replacement oilers, according to a report to Congress.

Full story: Littoral Combat Ship fuel usage could change fleet oiler requirement

3. The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's wargaming division is focusing on future force design and capability development, according to a service official.

Full story: Marine Corps war games focus on future force design, capabilities

4. The Marine Corps revealed last week that the requirement for the next iteration of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle, dubbed 1.2, will most likely include a 12 mile ship-to-shore threshold, according to a senior official. The new threshold is a significant increase over what had previously been discussed.

Full story: Marines reveal ACV 1.2 will have threshold requirement of 12 miles