The U.S. Navy will prioritize readiness and sustainment this new fiscal year, the acting Navy acquisition boss told Defense News. Fiscal 2022 is starting under a continuing resolution that won't allow new programs to start or procurement quantities to increase - but Jay Stefany, acting assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition (ASN RDA), said that's not as problematic for the Navy this year as it was in previous years. Most of the aviation programs, he said, are well into a production line or in sustainment. The Navy's shipbuilding plan largely mirrors last year's. Congress is still weighing how many of each class of ship to buy, but the Navy isn't planning to start new ship programs.
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