18 August 2026 Acting Secretary of the Navy Appoints M. Barry Tanner as Chief Information Officer WASHINGTON — Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao has appointed M. Barry Tanner as the permanent Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department of the Navy (DON). In this role, he will serve as the principal advisor to the Secretary and oversee the Department’s $12+ billion...
21 August 2026 Navy Removes Bureaucratic Barriers to Accelerate 3D Printing and Accelerate Submarine Lethality WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2026 — In a decisive move to accelerate warfighting capability and eliminate industrial bottlenecks, the Navy released new technical requirements on August 11 designed to rapidly scale the use of metallic 3D-printed materials across the submarine enterprise. The new standards...
21 August 2026 Nicole Perry Assumes Leadership of Navy Small Business Programs WASHINGTON — Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao announced today that Ms. Nicole Perry, Deputy Director of the Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP), has assumed leadership of the office, performing the duties of Director, effective immediately. She succeeds Mr. Andrew Magliochetti, who...
24 August 2026 Acting SECNAV Appoints Andrew Magliochetti to Lead Defense Industrial Base Revitalization, Equip the Golden Fleet WASHINGTON — Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao has appointed Mr. Andrew Magliochetti as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for the Defense Industrial Base. ...