What is NAVSEA?
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the Navy’s five system commands. With a fiscal year 2009 budget of $30 billion, NAVSEA accounts for nearly one quarter of the Navy’s entire budget. With a force of 53,000 civilian, contract, military and contract support personnel, NAVSEA engineers, builds, buys and maintains the Navy’s ships and submarines and their combat systems. To accomplish this, NAVSEA manages some 150 acquisition programs and manages foreign military sales cases that include billions of dollars in annual military sales to partner nations. The origin of NAVSEA dates back to 1794 when Commodore John Barry was charged to oversee the construction of a 44-gun frigate and ensure that all business “harmonized and conformed” to the public’s interest. Today, the NAVSEA organization has 33 activities in 16 states. • How is NAVSEA organized? NAVSEA reports to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), who it turn is responsible for implementing orders from the Secretary of th
