James Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, announced the establishment of a new deputy assistant secretary role to help the service branch develop policies to support the execution of its sustainment mission, the Navy website reported Friday.
Read More »Hanscom AFB Teams Build New Tools to Improve F-35 Maintenance
Software developers from Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts traveled to Nellis AFB in Nevada to introduce new apps to help airmen speed up maintenance of the service’s new F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Maintainers at Nellis AFB explored the new Autonomous Logistics Information System that tracks scheduled and unscheduled maintenance issues on specific aircraft and an entire fleet, the Air Force said Tuesday.
Read More »Unisys to Participate in $12.1B Contract with U.S. Army
The U.S. Army Contracting Command selected the Unisys Corporation as one of 50 large companies to compete for task orders under a potential nine-year, $12.1 billion contract to provide IT services to all Army organizations, Unisys announced Thursday.
Read More »Defense Agency to Establish Process for System Maintenance Scheduling
The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to implement a process in April for managing recurring maintenance, authorized service interruptions and customer updates about system maintenance schedules.
Read More »Air Force Accelerating F-35 Flight, Maintenance Planning Process With New App
A software development team within the U.S. Air Force has developed an application designed to accelerate the process of planning the weekly maintenance and flight schedule for F-35 fighter jets, Defense News reported Wednesday. The service’s Kessel Run team built the Kronos app as part of the Mad Hatter program, which launched in 2018 to address the logistics issues facing F-35 pilots and maintainers.
Read More »Christopher Grady: Navy, Industrial Base Need to Adjust for Maintenance, Modernization Demands
During a Surface Navy Association event, Adm. Christopher Grady, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, said the U.S. Navy and industrial base need better flexibility to accelerate shipbuilding and maintenance operations, USNI News reported Thursday. Grady noted the industrial base’s growth rate is not keeping up with the Navy’s maintenance demands, with the suppliers being “optimized for cost efficiency” as a result.
Read More »GAO Calls On US Navy to Expedite Attack Sub Maintenance Work
The Government Accountability Office reports that, over the past 10 fiscal years, U.S. Navy attack submarines suffered significant maintenance service delays resulting in protracted idle times and billions of dollars in support costs that yield zero operational returns.
Read More »Report: Navy Needs to Control Maintenance Costs for Weapons Systems
A panel of military and legislative leaders and an analyst have said the U.S. Navy needs to control long-term costs for maintaining and modernizing weapon systems as the service adopts new acquisition processes, USNI News reported Friday.
Read More »Adm. Paul Zukunft: Coast Guard Needs Final Appropriations for Fiscal 2018
Adm. Paul Zukunft, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, has said the service branch’s acquisitions portfolio that includes new procurement programs would be affected if Congress fails to pass a final appropriations measure for fiscal 2018. “It’s very difficult in a continuing resolution to get anomalies,” Zukunft told Federal News …
Read More »Vice Adm. Thomas Moore: Navy Seeks to Transition Some Ship Maintenance Work to Private Sector
Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, head of the Naval Sea Systems Command, has said the service branch plans to hand over some maintenance work on submarines and aircraft carriers to smaller repair companies to help the Navy keep pace with increasing maintenance requirements, USNI News reported Tuesday. “I think there’s an …
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