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Navy/USMC

House Subcommittee Authorizes CVN-81

Wednesday, April 25th, 2018

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House Subcommittee Authorizes CVN-81

The Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) after launching in 2012. Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries

The House Armed Services subcommittee on seapower approved construction of the fourth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, CVN-81, in its mark of the FY ’19 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).The authorization for CVN-81 starts in FY ’19 and is set to be the second carrier in a possible two-carrier buy the service is examining with shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII].This month assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN-RDA) James Geurts told the subcommittee it expects to…

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