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CORRECTS DATE - In this Friday, May 17, 2019, photo released by the U.S. Navy, the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge sail in formation as part of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group in the Arabian Sea. Commercial airliners flying over the Persian Gulf risk being targeted by

Navy making headway on longstanding maintenance backlog

The Navy demonstrably accelerated shipyard maintenence in 2020, but still won’t meet its goal of zero delays in 2021.

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NAVSEA shifting modernization focus from technology to mission outcomes

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U.S. Navynavy, sailors, recruits, graduates

Fast-track hiring authorities taking hold in DoD’s maintenance depots

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U.S. Navy/MC2 Markus CastanedaPHILIPPINE SEA (June 8, 2019) The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious transport dock ship JS Kunisaki (LST 4003) sail in formation during a training exercise with other U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force warships. Ashland is underway conducting routine operations as part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/Released)190608-N-WI365-1036

Navy creating new senior civilian position to manage long-term sustainment

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(U.S. Navy photo by Matthew Poynor)Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) Energetics Manufacturing Department's Chemical Engineer Amy Luebbering demonstrates the five-gallon Resonant Acoustic Mixer (RAM-5) to Technical Director Ashley Johnson during the RAM-5 facility's ribbon cutting ceremony, Apr. 30.

Navy building the future of energetics in Indian Head

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Navy can’t build fast enough to reach 355 in time. So how will it get there?

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Navy, Air Force want Congress to abolish 180-day waiting period to hire military retirees

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Amid funding challenges, 2017 marks year of change for Defense

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(Navy photo by Juan P. Liriano)Sarkis Tatigian, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Associate Director for Department of the Navy Office of Small Business Programs, celebrates 75 years of federal service on Sept. 26, 2017 at the Washington Navy Yard. During Tatigian’s tenure, the Navy has awarded more than an estimated $100 billion to small businesses from fiscal years 1951-2017, based on inflation and wartime efforts. (U.S. Navy Photo by Juan P. Liriano/Released)

DoD’s longest-serving employee marks 75 years in government

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Investigation: Navy shipyard wasted $21 million building off-the-books police force

An investigation by Naval Sea Systems Command found employees at the nation’s largest Navy shipyard spent 12 years amassing weapons, vehicles and boats,…

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Robert Gold, DoD’s director of engineering enterprise

DoD wants to build cybersecurity into programs with new policy

The Defense Department will release new guidance on systems security engineering, a more detailed way of explaining how and where to engineer security…

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Months after OPM hack, officials begin notifying victims

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The Office of Personnel Management and Department of Defense have awarded a $133 million contract to help protect the personal information of people impacted by the cyber breach.

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