The Navy is filled with programs that don't leverage work already being done elsewhere, don't have the ability to open up competition to smaller businesses and don't assert their rights often enough over intellectual property, and one office is working to change that, a service official told Inside the Navy in a recent interview at the Pentagon.1063 words

The Marine Corps has wrapped up an analysis of alternatives to determine the future of the service's amphibious capability, and is briefing senior service officials and members of Congress, Inside the Navy has learned from various sources.641 words

As the Joint Tactical Radio System program works its way through acquiring and testing a family of radio hardware, the joint program executive officer is already envisioning a new way of dealing with industry and the military services: a catalog of certified systems.890 words

The Navy this week will begin reviewing industry proposals for a potential F/A-18E/F Super Hornet replacement, setting in motion the U.S. military's first formal consideration of a sixth-generation fighter aircraft.712 words

The first MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to operate out of Japan will arrive at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni later this month, the Defense Department said in a June 29 statement. DOD notified Japan that it will replace CH-46 medium-lift helicopters at the base with the MV-22s at some point in late July, and the Pentagon is providing preliminary findings from ongoing investigations of recent mishaps involving V-22s. The DOD believes the April 11 MV-22 mishap in Morocco and June 13 CV-22 mishap in Florida were not due to any safety issues with the aircraft, according to the statement.100 words

The Navy deployed a frigate with four MQ-8B Fire Scouts for the first time last week as the service continues to heavily use the unmanned helicopter despite recent mishaps, which the program office now says were not datalink-related.461 words

The Marine Corps is undecided on whether to relocate Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle equipment from Lima, OH to Albany, GA, after the Army's Stryker program wraps up production in the January time frame, according to Marine Corps spokesman Manny Pacheco.451 words

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program office will open up to competition the third phase of the ongoing JSF sustainment business case analysis and affordability program this time around after awarding a sole-source contract for the previous phases, according a notice posted recently on Federal Business Opportunities.557 words

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta may have instructed the services not to plan for the possibility of Congress failing to stave off sequestration's automatic across-the-board cuts, but a top Navy budget-planner said the service's science and technology accounts and its forward presence were non-negotiable and would be protected.745 words

House Armed Services readiness subcommittee Chairman Randy Forbes (R-VA) said last week he is optimistic about the military's new strategy in the Asia-Pacific region but is concerned that the country hasn't backed up the strategy with the appropriate resources or an honest discussion about what operating in the Pacific really means.1019 words

The Navy's plan to move an amphibious ready group from Virginia to Florida by the end of 2013 will require modifications that will make Naval Station Mayport, FL, better able to handle a carrier, even though the permanent move of a carrier has been delayed, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert told reporters last week.325 words

The Navy hopes to build up its capacity in the Middle East to provide a greater range of responses to potential contingencies, officials said, and the service is asking Congress to allow it to move around some funding to accommodate the new needs.622 words

The Mobile User Objective System waveform began formal qualification testing last week in preparation to deliver the waveform to the government after experiencing an eight-month delay, according to Capt. Jeffrey Hoyle, industry engagement manager for the Joint Program Executive Office-Joint Tactical Radio System.551 words

The Marine Corps is developing a handheld command and control strategy that balances functionality and security that will govern the requirements for future smart phone and tablet-size devices, according to Capt. Josh Dixon, systems engineer and project officer for tech transition in Marine Corps Systems Command.399 words

Raytheon has worked out the problems of the failed Standard Missile-3 Block IB missile test earlier this year and the program successfully demonstrated that in last week's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system test in the Pacific, according to Mitch Stevison, Raytheon Standard Missile-3 program manager.364 words

Rolls-Royce, manufacturer of engines that will power the DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer and Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships, is increasingly turning its focus to unmanned vehicles by adapting existing engines, company officials told media in Washington last week.311 words

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) has issued a formal request for acting Office of Management and Budget chief Jeffrey Zeints to testify on July 18 about the mechanics and impact of automatic defense cuts known as "sequestration."988 words

The United Kingdom's recent decision to buy the F-35B short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter rather than the aircraft-carrier variant has scuttled a multimillion-dollar deal signed earlier this year between the Navy and the sole builder of U.S. aircraft carriers.695 words

The Defense Department has more than doubled the amount of progress payments being withheld from F-35 Joint Strike Fighter prime contractor Lockheed Martin due to deficient business systems.1137 words

A story in the June 25 issue of Inside the Navy incorrectly lists when the Selected Acquisition Report was released. While it is dated December 2011, it was released March 29.32 words