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Navy leaders push faster acquisition, urge flexibility to field unmanned systems
Summary
Admiral Kilby and Secretary Phelan supported acquisition reform and a naval rapid capabilities approach to speed unmanned air, surface and undersea platforms into service, telling the committee the Navy needs flexibility to iterate quickly given rapidly changing commercial technologies.
Witnesses told the House Armed Services Committee that acquisition reform is essential to field unmanned systems and other rapidly evolving technologies faster.
Admiral James Kilby said the Navy should “abandon the idea that we have to have an approved program of record before we proceed” for certain capabilities, notably unmanned systems. He described work to establish a rapid capabilities office that would cover the entire Navy and accelerate fielding of unmanned air, surface and undersea systems.
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