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Navy officials call replacement of ships' logistics IT systems revolutionary

Published: Oct. 7, 2020, 11:57 a.m.

b'The Navy is in the process of replacing eight of the logistics IT systems it uses to maintain ships with a single solution. Officials say this is no incremental upgrade \\u2013 it\\u2019ll revolutionize the process by building new digital threads that string throughout each ship\\u2019s lifecycle. The bulk of the new Model Based Product Support program rests on a new contract the Navy awarded this summer to PTC. Ashley Holloway is the chief architect for the Model Based Product Support program, and Jim Heppelmann is PTC\\u2019s president and CEO. They talked with Federal News Network\\u2019s Jared Serbu about how the new approach will change things, on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'