This Week's Inside the Navy

This week's edition of Inside the Navy:

1. A contributing factor to having an insufficient spare-parts inventory for the first-ever F-35B deployment in 2017 is a that a significant number of parts have different variants that are in use, according to a Marine Corps official.

Full story: F-35 Part Variants Are A Factor To Insufficient Inventory Numbers

2. A recently released report from a Pentagon oversight organization revealed the Marine Corps' multibillion-dollar Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar may not have the proper testing plan before it enters the developmental phase of testing.

Full story: DOD IG Reveals G/ATOR May Not Have Documentation Before Testing

3.Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has commissioned an independent advisory panel to explore what actions the service might take to become more innovative, one of several initiatives recently launched with the aim of finding new ways to rapidly integrate new concepts and combat capabilities.

Full story: SECNAV Panel To Report 'Culture Of Innovation' Findings Next Month