
Last month, the Navy decided to eliminate the “dual hatting” of the research heads Chief of Naval Research and director of OPNAV N94 under one official. Previously, the Chief of Naval Research, currently Rear Adm. Lorin Selby, was concurrently directing the Office of Naval Research and Director of Innovation, Technology Requirements and Test and Evaluation within the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV N94). However, after a recent recommendation to split the roles, a new Navy leadership memo…