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Road to 350: What Does the US Navy Do Anyway?
- Thread starter Randy Daytona
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Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
One thing that is sticking out like a sore thumb is how many GOFOs are willing to hand-waive away performance requirements to get technology delivered faster. Yet there is no talk of thoughtfully reviewing why those requirements exist or the overhauling the process that led them to believe that particular specification is bloated.
I wonder how much of this is generated by forgetting that Ukraine has been defending itself with our gear.
Didn’t they already kill the JCIDS process? That was the ultimate source.
Or if you’re the USN, you could get something that goes the agreed upon 1000nmi, and get angry and stop taking deliveries because it doesn’t go 1100.
Gee thanks, Pete, for clearing that up.
A small bit of good news from the Coast Guard who has signed a contract with a Finnish company to construct Arctic Security Cutter icebreakers, with the first two being built in Finland with scheduled delivery by the end of 2028 and the rest (6, 7 or 11?) planned to be built here in the US. The cutters are based on an existing design and it doesn't appear there'll be a chance to make significant changes to the first two that would delay their delivery.
The contract is a direct benefit of the trilateral ICE Pact signed in 2024 by the US, Canada and Finland to cooperate on icebreaking shipbuilding capacity and to help counter Russian influence in the Arctic.
Shipbuilder's image of the Arctic Security Cutter:
If you were following the Coastie's saga of arctic ships the last few years (not the most exciting subject but important none the less) the Arctic Security Cutters are a new ship that isn't replacing an existing ship or capability, they are a smaller ship than the 3 planned (and significantly delayed) Polar Security Cutters which are replacing the Coast Guard's two large icebreakers that have had all sorts of issues over the years.
The contract is a direct benefit of the trilateral ICE Pact signed in 2024 by the US, Canada and Finland to cooperate on icebreaking shipbuilding capacity and to help counter Russian influence in the Arctic.
Shipbuilder's image of the Arctic Security Cutter:
If you were following the Coastie's saga of arctic ships the last few years (not the most exciting subject but important none the less) the Arctic Security Cutters are a new ship that isn't replacing an existing ship or capability, they are a smaller ship than the 3 planned (and significantly delayed) Polar Security Cutters which are replacing the Coast Guard's two large icebreakers that have had all sorts of issues over the years.
Can someone translate?
"Words like this got me good ratings on Fox News, therefore they must be effective."
I entered the acquisition workforce/environment in late 2020 after 11 operational yeara. I've honestly seen a wind shift happen between then and now. When I showed up, the risk averse "business as usual" menatality was definitely prevalent/dominent. Since then, a plurality of the workforce, in my view, has been keen on moving faster, thinking differently, and taking more calculated risks. The community certainly seems more dynamic and less monolithic. This seemed to be supercharged with DRP for what that data point is worth.