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Modly Starts Navy Night Court-Style Review To Save $40 Billion

Wednesday, February 19th, 2020

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Modly Starts Navy Night Court-Style Review To Save $40 Billion

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly speaks during a National Defense Industrial Association event at the Logistics Management Institute on Jan. 24. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly this week directed a new review akin to the Army’s ‘Night Court’ process to save $40 billion from FY 2022-2026 so the Navy can better reach its goal of 355 ships while improving readiness and starting to build new ballistic missile submarines. In a memo dated Feb. 18 Modly is directing a Stem-to-Stern (S2S) capability-based strategic review with an objective, on average, of saving $8 billion per year to reach $40 billion total…

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