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Navy/USMC

NAVAIR, NAVSEA Working to Boost Commonality, Interoperability in the Fleet

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

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NAVAIR, NAVSEA Working to Boost Commonality, Interoperability in the Fleet

The upgraded avionics on the AV-8B Harrier, above, will be among the first to be certified as meeting NAVAIR's FACE standards. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –The Naval Air Systems Command will work at the early engineering level to create capability-specific technical standards rather than platform-specific tech standards, and the Naval Sea Systems Command is launching a new commonality directorate, all in the name of creating a more effective, well-connected fighting force, officials said in a panel at the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space conference. NAVAIR Commander Vice Adm. David Dunaway said that even though NAVAIR funding is stovepiped into individual programs,…

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