Hung Cao tasked with modernizing Navy’s IT, business systems
The new undersecretary of the Navy has been given a wide-ranging portfolio.
By
Jon Harper
October 7, 2025
Hung Cao, the new undersecretary of the Navy, has been tasked with spearheading digital modernization across the department.
Cao was confirmed by the Senate last week as the Navy’s No. 2 civilian official and sworn in by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan has already given the new undersecretary what a press release described as a “wide-ranging cross departmental portfolio” that “unifies the Department’s most consequential levers for rebuilding warrior ethos and quality of service.”
That remit includes leading and synchronizing digital modernization efforts.
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