Inside the Navy highlights

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

1. The Senate Armed Services Committee has passed a defense policy bill that not only directs a Nunn-McCurdy review of the Navy's carrier Advanced Arresting Gear but prohibits procurement funding for the effort.

Full story: Senate authorizers would direct Nunn-McCurdy review of carrier AAG

2.The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved a defense policy bill, that if enacted, would require the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's follow-on modernization program to be classified as a major defense acquisition program and put a 2019 expiration date on the joint program office.

Full story: Senate authorizers require F-35 Block 4 as a separate acquisition program

3. The Navy is preparing to accept the first-in-class guided missile destroyer Zumwalt from General Dynamics Bath Iron Works this month, but the next-generation ship still has years of combat systems installations and testing before it's ready to deploy.

Full story: Navy to accept Zumwalt ahead of lengthy combat systems activation period