Brett Seidle

Senate confirms Hung Cao as Navy’s No. 2 civilian

A number of other top civilian positions in the Navy's civilian leadership remain filled by acting officials.

Navy, industry has ‘got to adjust’ to realities of shipyard worker pay: Service official

"We have got to reflect prices that can allow us to have the labor pool that we need for the long term,” said the Navy official.

Navy assures lawmakers billions were well spent in sub industrial base, despite lag in production

“Those efforts have been about workforce, hiring and retention. They have been about supply chain resiliency, modernization of the yards, strategic outsourcing [and] infrastructure issues,” Brett Seidle, the Navy's acting acquisition executive, told lawmakers on Wednesday.

Block buy of fifth, sixth Ford-class carriers could yield $5B in savings: Senior Navy official

The talk of a block buy will be welcome news to the industrial base, which has been lobbying the Pentagon for years to repeat the strategy it used for the third and fourth carriers in the class.

Navy relieves senior officer overseeing unmanned, small combatant acquisitions

Rear Adm. Kevin Smith was relieved based on a "complaint substantiated" by the Naval Inspector General.

Acting acquisition chief Brett Seidle to ‘perform the duties of’ Under Secretary of the Navy: Memo

Hung Cao, a retired Navy officer, has been nominated to become the under secretary, but has yet to be confirmed. 

Amid shortage, Navy recruiting program struggles to keep half first-year shipbuilders: Official

"Those folks are coming, and then we're attriting out way too quick," said Brett Seidle, the Navy’s acting acquisition executive.