Wolfe tapped to serve as SSP director

The president has selected Rear Adm. Johnny Wolfe to lead the Navy's strategic systems programs, which includes the manufacture and sustainment of submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

Wolfe, who serves as Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense program executive officer at the Missile Defense Agency, is set to be promoted to vice admiral.

Vice Adm. Terry Benedict, the current SSP director, is slated to retire this year. Typically, the SSP director role is a lengthier rotation than other Navy posts.