![]() ![]() Submarine maintenance and modernization had previously been managed under a different flag officer than submarine construction in both the attack-submarine and the ballistic missile-submarine communities. The organizational changes two years ago also have ushered in a greater awareness of the need to synchronize submarine construction and maintenance plans, he said. The new office has also created a stronger “production mindset” for the Mk 48 and Mk 54 torpedo programs, which Stefany said had gotten off track. ![]() Stefany said the new PEO was collaborating with the PEO for Integrated Warfare Systems, which manages surface ship combat systems, to participate in efforts to achieve “more modern software delivery, automated testing and ultimately over-the-air software updates” to surface ships and submarines. ![]() “So I think it’s exciting as we march our way down from a minimum viable product to a bigger, more full-up Project Overmatch.” It may not have been as much in works if we hadn’t consolidated” all the undersea support functions within a single PEO, he said. “But the next one will,” he told Defense News in an Oct. The first carrier strike group to deploy with Project Overmatch capabilities, the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group that deployed to the Pacific earlier this month, does not have this undersea capability, Stefany said. Still, the features developed under the initiative remain a work in progress. Project Overmatch is the Navy’s contribution to the Pentagon’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control vision, which would provide multiple secure ways to communicate between ships, aircraft, unmanned systems and ground stations during military campaigns. The moves helped accelerate the undersea portion of the Navy’s Project Overmatch, according to Jay Stefany, the service’s acting assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition. ![]()
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