NAVAIR Industry Day Seeks Partnership, Electronics and System solutions

“Allow your folks to fail, learn, then recover,” said Daniel Nega, the deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for air programs during an industry brief at PMA-209’s Industry Day, Sept. 18-19, 2018. “Don’t just hire more people. Solve within your means.”

His challenge to government and industry is to encourage a shift in perspective toward new business practices that incorporate speed, agility, open architectures and affordability, as mandated by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, the Honorable James ‘Hondo’ Geurts.