The two senior officials overseeing the Navy's shipyard revamp told Breaking Defense that the shipyards one day should return submarines to the fleet 90 days faster than they do today.
"This arrangement strengthens those commitments and allows us to more easily share information, technologies and processes for greater logistics resiliency," said US Vice Admiral Jeff Jablon.
Modeling and simulation get an AI upgrade for more realistic training and improved autonomous platforms.
The contract is the first time the Navy is entrusting commercial industry with disposal of a nuclear-powered ship.
“We can’t continue to do things the way we have been. We can’t just work harder or try harder at the processes that we have so far,” Vice Adm. Brendan McLane told reporters.
The changes focus mainly on making standard medical equipment more suitable for use in a battlefield environment.
The new solicitation is another instance where the US Navy seems to be opting for technology that is commercially ready, rather than exquisite and unique.
Six companies have already signed up for a new flight-test program to mature their autonomy software.
The policy, spearheaded by the House, will require agreement from the Senate before it stands a chance at becoming law.
A new government contracting notice says the ship will undergo maintenance from April 2025 through October 2026.
The Foundry will be the sister program to the Navy's software factory known as "the Forge."
The proliferation of 3D printers, combined with loosened rules on using them, could change the way the Navy fixes its ships at sea, a top officer tells Breaking Defense.
The U.S. Army’s MAPS Gen II program of record for assured PNT provides an authoritative and reliable source of truth for combat vehicles in a highly contested battlespace.
After the Navy signaled it wanted to sink the longstanding experimental drone program, lawmakers stepped in to keep it afloat.
The Alexandria's service life was extended by three years through September 2025, a service official told Breaking Defense.
The Navy may be left with a large gap in its family of UUVs at a time the service leaders say they are ready to integrate the technology more deeply into the fleet.
The LDUUV program, dubbed Snakehead, has had a wild ride for the past year between Navy proposals to ditch and resurfacing congressional funding.