With Focus on Future Capabilities, U.S. 4th Fleet Is ‘Fleet for Innovation’

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With Focus on Future Capabilities, U.S. 4th Fleet Is ‘Fleet for Innovation’
Posted on February 27, 2020 by Edward Lundquist, 


When it comes to evaluating new naval technologies and concepts in an operational environment, the U.S. 4th Fleet could be called “the fleet for innovation.”

Christopher Heagney is the science adviser to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet, detailed from the Office of Naval Research (ONR). In this capacity, Heagney is helping to ensure the Chief of Naval Research-managed $2.1 billion annual science and technology (S&T) budget meets the fleet’s needs.

He also leads a team he calls the “innovation cell,” helping the Navy get new capabilities into the hands of warfighters. Other members of the cell include Robert Trost, an econometrician from the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), and Ted Venable, a retired Navy captain and F/A-18 pilot and the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and counter illicit trafficking program manager on the staff.

https://seapowermagazine.org/with-focus-on-future-capabilities-u-s-4th-fleet-is-fleet-for-innovation/