New USN post to sustain lethality

WASHINGTON - In an effort to deliver and sustain lethal capacity, James Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, announced Sept. 13 the creation of a new leadership position, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for sustainment [DASN-S], along with ongoing initiatives across the ship-repair enterprise to move more quickly in responding to a growing fleet. “Building a workforce aligned to mission is critical to competing and winning,” Geurts said. Establishing the DASN-S is designed to develop, monitor and implement policy and guidance throughout the Navy and "will enable us to better plan, program, budget and execute the Navy’s sustainment mission,” he added. “Sustainment is as critical as new construction … (and) this position will allow us to improve and align the complex drivers of maintenance and modernization completion; that in turn will increase our output to the fleet. We have to get better, and this will help.” DASN-S will report directly to Geurts. Among other things, the Navy is taking steps to improve maintenance flow. For surface ship maintenance availabilities conducted at private shipyards, the Navy is adjusting its contracting to group multiple surface ships into one contract. This will provide workload stability for the private shipyards. (Source: NAVSEA 09/13/19) https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?Story_id=110890&utm_source=phplist3540&utm_medium=email&utm_content=text&utm_campaign=Headlines