Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer minced no words about the USS Gerald R. Ford’s struggles and recent lawmaker comments about the ship while talking to reporters in Norfolk on Oct. 28, shortly after arriving back from a several hour visit to the ship, which is undergoing trials off the Virginia Coast. Defense & Aerospace Report’s Mark Faram was present at the discussion and captured this video.
WASHINGTON – The US Navy’s top acquisition official was upbeat as he met with media Monday in his Pentagon office. He was just back after a quick trip to the long-troubled aircraft carrier Gerald R Ford (CVN 78), now underway off the Virginia coast on sea trials after 15 months in a shipyard.
Michael Bayer, the chairman of the Defense Business Board who chaired US Navy Secretary Richard Spencer’s “Cybersecurity Readiness Review,” discusses cyber threats, challenges and recommendations to improve security with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The three other participants in the review were J.H. Whitney Investment Management Chairman John O’Connor, Oceanus Security Strategies President Ronald Moultrie and former Raytheon Chairman and CEO William Swanson.