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USNI News Wittman: HASC Republicans Will Keep Up Push for Larger Navy Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee will maintain their focus on building a larger Navy to counter China in the Indo-Pacific, the panel’s new number-two Republican told USNI News. Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) said that, while the new Biden administration will want to evaluate the plans for Navy shipbuilding, he believes the emphasis on China as the main challenge for the U.S. will drive the strategy and make a larger fleet essential going forward. “You might have a debate about what cl...

State sets land sale for new National Guard readiness center in Redmond One piece of larger project, years in the making, with years to go REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- After years of discussion and collaboration between the city of Redmond, Deschutes County and the Oregon Military Department, another state agency will be meeting to approve the sale of 20 state-owned acres for a new National Guard readiness center in Redmond. A proposal to approve the sale of 20 acres in Redmond for $1.66 million to the Oregon Military Department is on the agenda of next Tuesday's virtual state Land Board meeting. ...

USNI News Acting SECNAV: Navy Shipbuilding Faces Review from Incoming Biden Officials February 2, 2021 5:27 PM In this aerial photograph, the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) sits at Pier 3 at Newport News Shipbuilding division. The ship is approximately 76 percent complete and is progressing through final outfitting and testing. Huntington Ingalls Industries photo. As the Biden administration continues filling key positions, its plans for the Navy should come into better focus, according to the service’s top civilian. Speaking at the National Defense Industrial Association’s vir...

The New F-15EX Flies For The First Time Ahead Of The First Deliveries Later This Year The New F-15EX Flies For The First Time Ahead Of The First Deliveries Later This Year The F-15EX AF 20-0001 photographed immediately after the  landing gear retraction during the takeoff. (Photo: @vikingaeroimages) The new advanced F-15EX Eagles will replace the older F-15Cs that have long surpassed their expected service-life estimates. The first new F-15EX built for the U.S. Air Force took the skies for the first time today from Boeing’s plant at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis. The aircraft,...

. (These proposals subsequently failed.) The net difference between those two views is well over $150 billion dollars in a single year. In an ideal world, the defense budget debate would be fact-based and informed. Of course, no one should be under any illusion that final defense budgets spring fully formed from dispassionate strategic analyses. The last word on defense spending always results from the clash of strategic thought and the reigning political environment. In the United States, such quarrels go back to the birth of the nation. George Washington did not just fight the British. He ...