US Navy backs right to repair after $13B carrier crew left half-fed by contractor-locked ovens

Army joins in push to break vendor grip on military maintenance US Navy Secretary John Phelan has told the Senate the service needs the right to repair its own gear, and will rethink how it writes contracts to keep control of intellectual property and ensure sailors can fix hardware, especially in a fight.… Speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Phelan cited the case of the USS Gerald R. Ford, America's largest and most...