Inside the Navy highlights

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

1. The Navy plans to institute a procurement tax across every program in the fiscal year 2019 budget, according to multiple sources.

Full story: Navy plans to implement tax in fiscal year 2019 across all programs

2. Shifting the Navy's manning strategy for the Littoral Combat Ship will cost the service an additional $245 million over the next five years, according to a service spokesman.

Full story: New LCS manning concept will cost Navy additional $245M over five years

3. The Navy postponed declaring full operational capability for the Mobile User Objective System, causing a schedule breach in the program's baseline, according to a Selected Acquisition Report obtained by Inside the Navy.

Full story: MUOS constellation schedule breached over operational deficiencies