America is entering one of the most consequential periods for our national defense in decades.We face a rapidly modernizing China, continued threats from Russia, Iran and North Korea, increasingly sophisticated unmanned systems, strained munitions stockpiles and a defense industrial base that must be able to produce at the speed and scale modern warfare demands. Congress is responding. The House-passed Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act authorizes $1.14 trillion in defense funding as our nation considers even greater investments in rebuilding our military and defense industrial base. For Virginia, these decisions are particularly important. Our commonwealth is one of the…