Inside the Navy highlights

By Lee Hudson / October 11, 2016 at 9:00 AM

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

1.Pentagon leadership will convene in less than a month to decide whether to move the Ohio-class replacement submarine program into detail design after officials chose to delay the meeting, initially scheduled for August, to conduct a program review at the contractor's shipyards.

Full Story: Pentagon decision to move forward on SSBN(X) slated for Nov. 1

2. The Navy is establishing eight working groups at Naval Surface Forces Command to carry out sweeping changes made to the Littoral Combat Ship program.

Full Story: Navy begins implementing changes to Littoral Combat Ship program

3. The Marine Corps does not have a finalized acquisition strategy for the next increment of its next-generation amphibious vehicle program and may open up competition to vendors that are not participating in the first phase of the effort.

Full Story: Marines fo not have finalized ACV 1.2 acquistion strategy, may open competition

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