The recent changes to the Navy's acquisition directorates aim to give the acquisition executive a "holistic" view of the service's research and development, sustainment and programmatic enterprises, according to a senior Navy official. "How does [research and development] support sustainment? How does sustainment get better through [research and development]," William Bray, the Navy's senior civilian for research, development, test and evaluation, told reporters today on the sidelines of an American Society of Naval Engineers conference. That is a "slightly different...