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HII Wins $393 Million Mods To Change CVN-79 Carrier Delivery Date

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HII Wins $393 Million Mods To Change CVN-79 Carrier Delivery Date
The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, under construction at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding in 2023. (Photo: HII)

The Navy awarded HII [HII] a modification totaling $393 million on June 23 to help change the delivery strategy for the future Ford-class aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) to a single-stage delivery process. The Defense Department contract announcement split the awards into a $274 million fixed-price incentive (firm target) and a $119 million cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modifications.  Officially, this covers actions “ to improve capability at ship delivery, define unpriced change orders, and for additional engineering and integrated logistics…

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