The secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations announced four new flag officer assignments as part of a submarine acquisition restructuring as well as a new shipyard improvement position.
Rear Adm. David Goggins is moving from program executive officer for submarines to program executive officer for attack submarines, which will consolidate and oversee all of the Los Angeles-class, Seawolf-class, Virginia-class, and next generation of nuclear-powered attack submarines offices.
Goggins has served as program executive officer for submarines since 2018. Previously he served as major program manager of the Virginia-class program and the Columbia-class program.
Rear Adm. Scott Pappano is moving from program executive officer for the Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine program to being program executive officer for Strategic Submarines. This office will cover both Columbia-class activities and all current Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines plus non-nuclear armed guided-missile submarines work.
Pappano was assigned to PEO for Columbia-class in March 2019. Earlier, he served as major program manager for the Strategic and Attack Submarine Program Office, executive assistant to the Commander of Naval Sea Systems Command, and in the Special Operations Forces Mobility Program office.
Rear Adm. Edward Anderson is also being reassigned from commander of Undersea Warfare to program executive officer for Undersea Warfare Systems. This office will oversee undersea command and control and weapons and serve as the undersea domain program integration office for Project Overmatch.
Anderson assumed duties as deputy commander of Undersea Warfare in June 2019. Previously, he was chosen to serve as deputy commander, Fleet Readiness director at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in 2017.
A Navy spokesperson would not comment on the reorganization before a press release is due to come out this week.
Defense News first reported on the submarine program structural changes earlier this week.
This story first appeared in Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor affiliate publication Defense Daily.
