Navy weighs expanding pilot program for aviation maintenance

By Justin Katz / August 31, 2018 at 3:44 PM
A pilot program the Navy is using to improve aircraft depot maintenance -- which it has been testing on F/A-18s and MV-22s -- may be pushed out to the rest of the fleet, according to the Navy secretary. Speaking to reporters last month at the Pentagon, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said implementation of the Depot Readiness Initiative (DRI), cosigned by several of the Navy's top aviation officials, began in fiscal year 2018. A Navy spokesman told Inside Defense in a...

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