Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti cites success with F/A-18 aircraft maintenance as an example for surface-ship efforts. (Janes/Michael Fabey)
The US Navy (USN) is on track to more than double the percentage of surface ship maintenance completions if finished on time, said Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the chief of naval operations (CNO).
“On-time completion of maintenance availabilities is really important,” Adm Franchetti noted on 16 October during a discussion as part of the Commander Series hosted by the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC.
“If you think back in 2022, we had about 27% completion on time,” Adm Franchetti said. “[In] 2023 we moved it up into the 30%, and this year we'll be up to 67%.”
She added, “We put in a lot of procedures to be able to plan maintenance availabilities early in a surface [ship], a submarine, and aviation, making sure we understand what parts we need, having [the] available pool of parts, investing in those parts so they can be there on time, planning our stuff, maintenance availabilities at least six months ahead of time, locking them in to let industry know what's coming, and also get those parts on order. Those are some of the things we're doing.”
Adm Franchetti acknowledged, “These are stretch goals, but I am confident that we're going to work hard to get after them. And if we don't make exactly [the] 80% [goal], we're going to be farther along the road than we would be if I hadn't set such an ambitious goal. I am focused on this.”
Adm Franchetti had cited the importance of improving USN maintenance capabilities in her ‘Navigation Plan 2024 for America's Warfighting Navy', which released on 18 September.
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