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Report: Construction Contract for Second Ford Carrier Could be Delayed a Year
Photo illustration of the Ford-class aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79). US Navy Photo The Navy is delaying awarding a $4 billion contract to start the second Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear...
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Navy Leaders: Fleet Size Could Fall to 240 Ships Without Budget Relief
Without relief from automatic budget cuts and money from sources other than its shipbuilding account to pay for the Ohio-class Replacement program (ORP), the Navy could find itself sending only four...
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Huntington Ingalls CEO ‘Concerned’ Over Delays in U.S. Navy Carrier Contracts
A unit for the future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) rests on the assembly platen at Newport News Shipbuilding on March 5, 2014. US Navy Photo Mike Petters — chief executive officer of...
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Navy, Newport News Seeking Ways to Cut Carrier Costs, Introduce More Competition
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) under construction in 2013. Newport News Shipbuilding photo. NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said the Navy is making good progress...
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Navy: CVN-79 Contract Has Lowest Ceiling Price Ever; R&D Investment Will Take...
Carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) Upper Bow Lift. US Navy Photo The Navy’s recently awarded contract for the construction of the next aircraft carrier has the lowest price of any nuclear carrier (CVN)...
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Navy Won’t Commit to Proposed Congressional Cost Cap for Second Ford-Class...
A unit for the future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) rests on the assembly platen at Newport News Shipbuilding on March 5, 2014. US Navy Photo Lawmakers are considering lowering the...
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Keel Laid for John F. Kennedy Carrier
A screen grab of a Huntington Ingalls Industries’ video of the keel laying of nuclear carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79). HII Image Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) laid the keel for the...
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Carrier Ford’s Maiden Deployment Could Face 2-Year Delay Due to Shock Trials
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Nov. 17, 2013) Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the James River during the ships launch and transit to Newport News Shipyard pier three for the final stages...
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Opinion: Get the Ford Carriers to the Fleet
The U.S. Navy is struggling with an undersized fleet, and is being pushed to its breaking point. The facts are clear. The carrier force is below the mandate required by law. Our ships are going on...
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Report: Construction Contract for Second Ford Carrier Could be Delayed a Year
Photo illustration of the Ford-class aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79). US Navy Photo The Navy is delaying awarding a $4 billion contract to start the second Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear...
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Navy Leaders: Fleet Size Could Fall to 240 Ships Without Budget Relief
Without relief from automatic budget cuts and money from sources other than its shipbuilding account to pay for the Ohio-class Replacement program (ORP), the Navy could find itself sending only four...
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Huntington Ingalls CEO ‘Concerned’ Over Delays in U.S. Navy Carrier Contracts
A unit for the future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) rests on the assembly platen at Newport News Shipbuilding on March 5, 2014. US Navy Photo Mike Petters — chief executive officer of...
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Navy, Newport News Seeking Ways to Cut Carrier Costs, Introduce More Competition
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) under construction in 2013. Newport News Shipbuilding photo. NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said the Navy is making good progress...
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Navy: CVN-79 Contract Has Lowest Ceiling Price Ever; R&D Investment Will Take...
Carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) Upper Bow Lift. US Navy Photo The Navy’s recently awarded contract for the construction of the next aircraft carrier has the lowest price of any nuclear carrier (CVN)...
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Navy Won’t Commit to Proposed Congressional Cost Cap for Second Ford-Class...
A unit for the future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) rests on the assembly platen at Newport News Shipbuilding on March 5, 2014. US Navy Photo Lawmakers are considering lowering the...
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Keel Laid for John F. Kennedy Carrier
A screen grab of a Huntington Ingalls Industries’ video of the keel laying of nuclear carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79). HII Image Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) laid the keel for the...
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Carrier Ford’s Maiden Deployment Could Face 2-Year Delay Due to Shock Trials
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Nov. 17, 2013) Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the James River during the ships launch and transit to Newport News Shipyard pier three for the final stages...
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Opinion: Get the Ford Carriers to the Fleet
The U.S. Navy is struggling with an undersized fleet, and is being pushed to its breaking point. The facts are clear. The carrier force is below the mandate required by law. Our ships are going on...
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Newport News Creating ‘Smart Shipyard’ That Would Streamline Design Through...
A 2013 artist’s concept of the future carrier Enterprise (CVN-80). DoD Image Newport News Shipbuilding is in the midst of several pilot programs aimed at creating a Smart Shipyard that could...
View ArticleVideo: Carrier John F. Kennedy Superlift
The following is video of a 704-metric ton section of the future carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) being fitted into place on Jan. 17, 2017.
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