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GAO Says CVN-79 May Exceed Cost Cap

Monday, May 13th, 2019

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GAO Says CVN-79 May Exceed Cost Cap

A forward section of the future USS John F. Kennedy’s main deck is lifted into place at Huntington Ingalls Industry’s Newport News Shipbuilding. (Photo: John Walen/HII).

The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) annual assessment of the largest complex Defense Department programs said the second Ford-class aircraft carrier is at risk of breaching its cost cap. The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) currently has an $11.4 billion cost cap, but the GAO’s 17th annual “Weapons Systems Annual Assessment: Limited Use of Knowledge-Based Practices Continues to Undercut DoD's Investments” said costs for the carrier are likely to increase due to optimistic cost and labor targets. “The CVN-79 cost…

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