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Navy Seeks Greater Access to Industry Intellectual Property

Tuesday, May 26th, 2015

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Navy Seeks Greater Access to Industry Intellectual Property

The Navy needs greater access to industry intellectual property (IP) if it is to achieve the rate of technological refresh desired to keep those systems relevant, the service’s director of transformation said on May 25.In an interview that aired Sunday, Nick Guertin told Defense News that the Navy needs to establish open architecture systems that can be maintained in house while the software and other systems “under the hood” are continuously updated through competitive bids.“I’m really focused on new contracts,”…

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