Gilday: Industry needs to adapt faster to new technology to counter China

By Aidan Quigley / August 2, 2021 at 2:50 PM
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday called on industry to adjust to new technology faster to counter China during remarks Monday at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space conference. "One of the things where industry can really help us is to be a bit more agile," especially when it comes to new technologies, Gilday said. "It's not the 90s anymore." Gilday also criticized industry for maintenance delays in private shipyards and for lobbying Congress to buy more aircraft than the service...

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