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US Navy Ramps Up Sustainment Efforts to Prepare for Combat

WASHINGTON — The strenuous efforts being undertaken by the US Navy to maintain and update its fleet are clearly visible in ports near naval bases, where repair yards have as much business as they can handle. The service is moving to streamline and consolidate the contracting end of overhauls and group multiple ships under one contract award – an approach industry has asked for to gain greater workload stability. And a new senior position has been established in the Navy Department to focus on sustainment policy, planning and execution across the Navy and Marine Corps.

SAS 2019
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Ferrybridge Group’s McGrath on Improving Surface Forces, Need for Better Strategic Planning

Cmdr. Bryan McGrath, USN Ret., the founder of the Ferrybridge Group consultancy, discusses improving US Navy surface forces, need for more strategic planning to deliver better warfighting capabilities and integrating air, surface and undersea unmanned vehicles with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2019 Sea Air Space conference and tradeshow near Washington where our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

SNA 2019
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HII’s Sloan, Nungesser with Updates on Amphibious, Destroyer Programs

Cmdr. Steve Sloan, USN Ret., Huntington Ingalls Industries’ LPD program manager, and George Nungesser, the company’s DDG-51 Flight III program manager, discuss the latest developments on their US Navy programs with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Northern Virginia. We are an SNA media partner and our coverage was sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries, GE Marine, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

SNA 2019
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New SNA President Hunt on 2019 Conference Themes, Priorities

Vice Adm. Rick Hunt, USN Ret., a former commander of US Surface Forces who is he new president of the Surface Navy Association, discusses themes and issues covered during the organization’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Northern Virginia with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. We are an official SNA media partner and our coverage was sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries, GE Marine, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

SNA 2019
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US Navy’s Coffman on New Expeditionary Warfighting Concepts, Organizations, Unmanned Ships

Maj. Gen. David “Stretch” Coffman, USMC, the US Navy’s director of expeditionary warfare (N95), discusses new expeditionary warfighting concepts, the recent deployment of Littoral Combat Group 1 — composed of USS Wayne E Meyer (DDG-108) and USS Somerset (LPD-25) — to South America, new formations to replace the current Amphibious Ready Group and Marine Expeditionary Unit, unmanned ships, the performance of the F-35B Lightning II and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Northern Virginia. We are an SNA media partner for the event and our coverage is sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries, GE Marine, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.