
The Navy’s chief acquisition official told Congress last Thursday it plans to have an analysis of how much a block buy of the Ford-class carriers CVN-80 and 81 will cost within one to one and a half months.James ‘Hondo’ Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN-RDA) confirmed to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower that the service has released a formal request for quotes to Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on how much a block…