
The third Ford-class aircraft carrier is due to be delivered a year and a half late, on top of the government pushing back procurement of another future carrier by two years, according to the Navy’s fiscal year 2025 budget request. While the FY ‘24 budget documents planned for the future USS Enterprise (CVN-80) to be delivered in March 2028, the newest budget documents, released this month, cite September 2029 as the newest expected delivery date. This increases the work timeline…