Inside the Navy highlights

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

1. Navy leadership has decided to alter the acquisition strategy for the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle by shifting from a traditional, competitive phase between industry prime contractors to one that uses a government system integrator.

Full Story: Navy leadership alters LDUUV acquisition strategy with hands-on approach

2. The Obama administration is knocking a $42 million cut to the Navy's request for establishing a new rapid prototyping and demonstration program included in the House's fiscal year 2017 defense spending bill.

Full Story: OMB derides House spending bill's cut to Navy rapid prototyping fund

3. The Navy issued a stop-work order June 7 for the maritime search radar that will be integrated on the MQ-8C Fire Scout after Telephonics Corp. filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office.

Full Story: Navy issues stop-work order for MQ-8C maritime search radar contract