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Navy/USMC

Navy Awards HII $15 Billion In Two Carrier Buy

Thursday, January 31st, 2019

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Navy Awards HII $15 Billion In Two Carrier Buy

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) underway on its own power for the first time during its builder's sea trials in April 2017. (Photo: U.S. Navy).

The Navy on Thursday awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) a $15 billion contract to buy two Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers at once. The contract covers detail design and construction (DD&C) efforts for the future USS Enterprise (CVN-80) and the unnamed CVN-81, which will be the third and fourth Ford-class ships. The Navy previously said it expected this kind of purchase to save the government $4 billion compared to buying the ships separately. The award is…

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