Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James W. Kilby listed improved recruiting and the embrace of unmanned and manned systems as priorities.
The jet is a mash-up of two different F-35A Lightning IIs that were previously sidelined from damage.
Al-Rifai was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service and U.S.-led coalition forces, Iraqi officials said.
The president said the new effort will focus on ways to "resurrect the American shipbuilding industry."
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