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Navy/USMC

Navy Needs To Better Define OA Standards, CNO Says

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

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The Navy needs to improve at clarifying requirements and specifications to industry for the design of Open Architecture (OA) systems to ensure they meet durability standards, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the chief of naval operations, said yesterday. "These are areas where we have not been as good as we should," Greenert said in a conference call with reporters following his opening remarks at the International Seapower Symposium at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I. The Navy cannot afford to…

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