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DoD Approves Two-Carrier Buy, Expected To Save $4 Billion

Thursday, January 3rd, 2019

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DoD Approves Two-Carrier Buy, Expected To Save $4 Billion

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) underway on its own power for the first time during its builder's sea trials in April 2017. (Photo: U.S. Navy).

The Office of the Secretary of Defense approved an agreement in December between the Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] to buy two Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers at once, CVN-80 and 81. CVN-80 is the future USS Enterprise while CVN-81 is not yet named. They will be the third and fourth Ford-class carriers. The Navy expects savings of upward of $4 billion total, significantly higher than previous estimates. These savings accrue compared to buying the two vessels separately. Previously,…

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