Rear Adm. Lorin Selby Archives - Maritime Shipping News

Navy Claims New Records for Small Business Participation, Improved Overall Acquisition Efficiency

30 October 2020

James F. Geurts, the assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, speaks to the crowd about acquisition on Aug. 15, 2019 at the Marine Corps Ground Acquisition Award Dinner in Arlington, Va., in 2019. US Marine Corps Photo

The Department of the Navy continues to do more and more work with small businesses, again in Fiscal Year 2020 breaking records for how much money for goods and services went to small businesses – despite the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/30/navy-claims-new-records-for-small-business-participation-improved-overall-acquisition-efficiency

Navy Decouples Research Chief and N94 Positions

2 September 2020

Rear Adm. Loren Selby during his change of command ceremony to lead the Office of Naval Research. US Navy Photo

The chief of naval research will cease serving in a dual role as the Navy’s director of innovation, technology requirements, and test and evaluation (OPNAV N94), according to a recent service memo obtained by USNI News.

The document, dated Aug. 18 and signed by both Navy acquisition executive James Geurts and Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. William Lescher, taps Carroll Quade to...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/02/navy-decouples-research-chief-and-n94-positions

Navy Embracing Quicker Software Development Model to Leverage New HM&E Data Collection

12 August 2019

Electronics Technician 3rd Class Brent Vigil, from San Diego, runs diagnostic testing on an antenna aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) during a replenishment-at-sea. US Navy Photo

SAN DIEGO – The Navy’s chief engineer thinks the Navy could make better use of ship-readiness data if the service could adopt a faster process to write and field software, and he’s eyeing the upcoming launch of a new readiness-monitoring system as an opportunity to be more agile...

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/12/navy-embracing-quicker-software-development-model-to-leverage-new-hme-data-collection

Navy Refining How Data Analytics Could Predict Ship Maintenance Needs

24 June 2019

Hull Maintenance Technician 1st Class Patrick Zembol, from Romeo, Mich., welds a stanchion in the weld shop aboard the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76). US Navy Photo

The post was updated to include correct terminology.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Extending the lifespans of existing ships using data-driven maintenance efforts is the best strategy for achieving a 355- ship navy, said the Naval Sea Systems Command chief engineer.

The key to maintaining ships and enabling...

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/24/navy-refining-how-data-analytics-could-predict-ship-maintenance-needs

Navy Looking for Better Ways to Share Data

20 June 2019

Operations Specialist Letroy Black, from Little Rock, Arkansas, monitors data units in the combat direction center aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69). US Navy Photo

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy is grappling with how to securely share the vast amounts of data ship designers, operators and sustainers collect, a panel of engineers said Wednesday.

Shipyards have the design systems they use to transmit plans from engineers to the shipbuilders. Once delivered, modern ships,...

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/20/navy-looking-for-better-ways-to-share-data

Navy: Next Large Surface Combatant Will Look A Lot Like Zumwalt

19 June 2019

Destroyer Zumwalt (DDG-1000) transits the Atlantic Ocean during acceptance trials with the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). US Navy Photo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy’s next large surface combatant will probably look more like the futuristic Zumwalt class of guided-missile destroyers than fleet’s current workhorse class of Arleigh Burke destroyers, the program executive officer said.

Navy and industry designers are talking about increased payloads, increased computing and increased...

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/19/navy-next-large-surface-combatant-will-look-a-lot-like-zumwalt