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GAO: Navy Needs More Risk Awareness to Prevent Cost, Schedule Overruns

John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) leaving dry dock in 2019. US Navy Photo

A lack of risk awareness in recent years hasprevented Navy acquisition officials from anticipating technology hiccups, delays and potential cost-overruns, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.

The 18th Defense Acquisitions Annual Assessment, released this week by the GAO, provides a snapshot on the status of 121 major Department of Defense acquisition programs. Among the programs included in the GAO report are...

Navy Mulling Installing AN/SPY-6, Baseline 10 on Legacy Destroyers

An artist’s conception of a Raytheon’s SPY-6 radar on a Flight III Arleigh Burke destroyer. Raytheon Image

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy is considering adding the AN/SPY-6 radar to legacy Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers along with the new Baseline 10 Aegis Combat System developed for the next-generation Flight III destroyers, service officials said on Wednesday.

The Navy is set to include funds starting in Fiscal Year 2021 to add the Raytheon radars and the Lockheed Martin...

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/15/navy-mulling-installing-an-spy-6-baseline-10-on-legacy-destroyers