
The Navy is establishing a new deputy assistant secretary of the Navy (DASN) position that will focus on sustainment, the Navy’s top acquisition official said on Friday. James Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, said the new DASN-S will report directly to him and have oversight over sustainment funding across the Department of the Navy. This new office will also oversee and manage Navy and Marine Corps sustainment and life-cycle management policies. While he did…