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Move To OA Requires Keeping Crews Up To Date On Rapid Technology Upgrades

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

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By Geoff Fein As the Navy incorporates open architecture into its ships and submarines, it will be vital to keep the sailors who operate sonar and combat systems up to date on the rapidly upgraded technologies, according to a Navy official. One lesson the submarine force learned as it was incorporating the Acoustic Rapid COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) Insertion (ARCI) effort was making sure submariners got training on the same upgrades, Capt, Jim Stevens, tactical systems integration branch head, submarine warfare…

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