Top U.S. Navy commander urges industry to focus on technology development to compete with China and Russia
WASHINGTON – Top military commanders are urging defense industry leaders to concentrate on new technology for weapons and ships that the Navy needs to compete with rival nations such as China and Russia. Stars and Stripes reports. Continue reading original article
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16 Aug. 2021 -- Adm. Mike Gilday, chief of naval operations, requested that the defense industry stop lobbying Congress to build equipment the Navy no longer wants and instead focus on technology development that revolves around new technologies and new platforms.
“Lobbying Congress to buy aircraft that we don't need ... it's not helpful,” the Navy's top officer said earlier this month at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space conference in Washington.
In the proposed 2022 Navy budget, service leaders call for canceling one of two guided-missile destroyers planned for 2022 and speeding the divestment of F/A-18 Hornet jet fighter-bombers. Congress has been critical of the plans, proposing to save the second guided-missile destroyer, and regularly questioning divestments.
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