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Navy/USMC

Spencer Names Industry Members To Navy Strategic Readiness Panel

Wednesday, September 6th, 2017

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Spencer Names Industry Members To Navy Strategic Readiness Panel

Richard V. Spencer, former Secretary of the Navy. He resigned on November 24, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy).

Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer revealed four private industry players and one national lab as participants in a second Navy review on recent ship collisions. Spencer said the Navy has reached out to companies “who have gone through various different meaningful events and come out the other side” for their perspective. The industry participants will include BP North America [BP], Crowley Maritime, A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, and Boeing [BA]. Sandia National Laboratories is also joining the review panel.Since May, Sandia…

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