
The president and CEO of shipbuilder HII [HII] on Thursday confirmed supply chain issues are the primary reason why the Navy said delivery of the future USS Enterprise (CVN-80) aircraft carrier is being delayed at least a year and a half, but the next ship is still projected on time. “Enterprise is the supply chain. Fundamentally, we've got some late material at the bottom of the ship that we can't erect it, we can't erect the ship until we get…