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Cao Announces Initiative To Bolster Supply Chain And Innovation
The US Navy is establishing a new defense industrial base office to strengthen its supply chain and accelerate the adoption of innovative technologies. Andrew Magliochetti, formerly the director of the Navy’s Office of Small Business Programs, will lead the office as the principal civilian advisor for the assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition. The move is part of a broader effort to restore capacity and competition to the maritime industrial base, as ordered by President Donald Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum. The initiative was announced by Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, according to Breaking Defense.