b'The Navy wants to embrace digital engineering to help speed up its acquisition process and cut its long-term sustainment costs. To do that, it needs \\u201cdigital threads\\u201d that span all the way from a new system\\u2019s initial design through its eventual retirement. And to jumpstart the process, officials are considering ways to use the digital engineering platforms defense contractors have already built to design their own systems. Federal News Network\\u2019s Jared Serbu has details.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'