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Navy Announces SIOP Program Office Before Industry Day

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019

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Navy Announces SIOP Program Office Before Industry Day

Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. (Photo: GAO)

Ahead of an upcoming industry day, the Navy on Wednesday announced it had actually established a program office last year to recapitalize and modernize the infrastructure at the public shipyards. The Naval Sea System Command’s (NAVSEA) Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan (SIOP) Program Office, PMS-555, was established in June 2018. PMS-555 is working with the commander of Navy Installation Command (CNIC) and Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) “to recapitalize and modernize the infrastructure at the four public nuclear shipyards.” Improving the…

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