Inside the Navy highlights

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

1. The Marine Corps' experimental battalion, training with novel concepts and off-the-shelf technology, wrapped up urban assault and combined-fire exercises at Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms last week as the unit prepares to deploy to the Asia-Pacific region.

Full story: Experimental Marine battalion completes urban, combined-fire training

2. Several House authorizers are asking their colleagues on the appropriations committee to allow the Ohio-class replacement submarine program to move forward under an extended continuing resolution.

Full story: Authorizers ask appropriators to make CR exception for Ohio-class

3. The Marine Corps has almost completed developmental testing of its legacy amphibious vehicle's survivability upgrade effort and the final prototype vehicle has been delivered to the service.

Full story: Developmental testing almost complete for AAV upgrade effort

4. The Navy is in the process of establishing a Digital Warfare Office to continue the work carried out by a task force that was focused on studying the interoperability between various platforms.

Full story: Navy stands up Digital Warfare Office to focus on platform interoperability