Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition

*** JOB ALERT *** ASN RDA’s Foreign Investment Review team here at the Pentagon has two NH3 (GS12/13) job openings to lead the Risk Management and Mitigation & Monitoring portfolios. The Risk Management Lead oversees regulatory risk reviews for things like CFIUS and Team Telecom and the Mitigation & Monitoring Lead oversees such activities as compliance with National Security Agreements. Come do critical work with a great team in the National Capital Region! If interested, click on the link below!

Exciting news for the Submarine Industrial Base! This week, VADM Scott Pappano, our principal military deputy, and Mr. Matt Sermon, Executive Director for PEO SSBN, were in Mobile, Ala. to help break ground at Austal's new Module Manufacturing Facility (MMF) 3, which will be exclusively dedicated to building submarine modules. The 369,600 sq. foot facility will add more than 2,000 jobs and supports our goal of delivering 1 Columbia-class SSBN + 2 Virginia-class SSNs per year by 2028. #submarineindustrialbase

Every day, the acquisition experts, scientists, technicians, and business professionals of NAVAIR work to bring warfighting capability to the Fleet! Cool video below...check it out!

Game-changing technology is increasing the combat training the world's finest aviators receive--underway, no less! Check out the below #AIRWaves podcast and learn about how Navy aircrew get realistic training in between missions on deployment. Great work, PMA-205! #SimsAtSea #NavalAviation

ATTENTION SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATORS--FUNDING ALERT!!!: The Department of the Navy Catapult Challenge BAA will open for proposals 23 October. We're holding a Webinar TODAY, 16 October at 1:00 p.m. EST to discuss the four Catapult Challenge topics from NAVSEA and SSP. Link to the Webinar is here: https://lnkd.in/eTp2d-Cd

ATTENTION SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATORS--FUNDING ALERT!!!: The Department of the Navy Catapult Challenge BAA will open for proposals 23 October. We're holding a Webinar TODAY, 16 October at 1:00 p.m. EST to discuss the four Catapult Challenge topics from NAVSEA and SSP. Link to the Webinar is here: https://lnkd.in/eTp2d-Cd

We are thrilled to announce an outstanding opportunity for Department of the Navy civilian acquisition professionals to get a valuable graduate degree from the Naval Postgraduate School via Distance Learning! You can now get a PMI-accredited Master of Science degree in Program Management! Also available: a certificate in Advanced Acquisition Studies. Application deadline is 31 March, 2025. Apply HERE: https://lnkd.in/gAaGWCS6. Select curriculum number 836, academic year 2025, quarter 4.

Congratulations to our latest RDA Employee of the Month, Mr. Daniel Carrigg of DASN Air/Ground. Daniel is the action officer for PEO (A), a critical leader who supports acquisition for all anti-submarine, assault and special mission aviation programs. Daniel's proactivity and leaning into hard problems help ensure our deployed sailors and Marines are able to take the fight to the enemy! Bravo Zulu! #Navy #MarineCorps #acquisition

The Navy is energizing ship maintenance in the Pacific Northwest with upgrades to shipyard infrastructure.

I recently finished Arthur Herman’s book ‘Freedom’s Forge’ about how President Franklin Roosevelt energized the nation’s defense industrial base well before the attack on Pearl Harbor. In the mid-1930s, America was not prepared. But America changed that, through a massive build-up, involving military, industry, and every-day American citizens. In many ways, we are an environment similar to the 1930s. I want to ensure we have the defense industrial base that can produce capability when we need it. We need to have some level of consistency. If we have consistency in demand and resources, that builds trust. By building that trust, the defense industrial base can build out their work force, supply chain, and their facilities. If we're able to do this, then we are going to get our capability much faster, on time, and less expensive. The Department has laid out a National Defense Industrial Strategy that talks about our workforce and our supply chains. We want to make sure we understand how we're able to build up the capability and capacity that will be put it into the hands of our war fighters and to ensure any fight we might enter will be unfair.