Together with other Navy leaders, Vice Adm. Carl Chebi, Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), spoke Monday morning on a panel at the Sea-Air-Space Conference and Exposition. The panel focused on aircraft, ships and submarines and the many ways the Navy is looking to have a combat-surge ready fleet by the year 2027. Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Kilby moderated the panel “Ready Our Platforms,” and was flanked by Chebi; Adm. Daniel Cheever, Commander, Naval Air Forces/Commander, Naval Air Force U.S. Pacific Fleet; Vice Adm. James Downey, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA); Vice Adm. Robert Gaucher, Commander, Naval Submarine Forces/Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet/ Commander, Allied Submarine Command; and Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, Commander Naval Surface Forces Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific Fleet. “Our Navy, your Navy, is focused on increasing lethality and readiness by 2027,” Kilby said. “A ready Navy provides deterrence. A ready Navy is ready for action if called. We are driving on seven targets to achieve a ready Navy, and the first target is ‘ready platforms.’ It is the genesis of the term ‘combat-surge ready’ and the goal that we’re going to talk about today.” Kilby said the Navy is taking many […]
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