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Monday, March 26, 2007

Construction begins on the first Ford-class aircraft carrier

Full-scale production is at least a year away, but construction has started on pieces of the Navy's first Ford-class aircraft carrier.

Most of the work at Northrop Grumman Newport News has involved piecing together the structural steel modules that will make up the flattop's framework - bulkheads, inner bottom, decks and side shells.

More than 50 module sections and 1,300 sections of pipe detail have been completed, and work will be under way on at least 300 of the structural units by the end of this year, shipyard officials said.

It's geared partly toward building up worker expertise in anticipation of full ramp- up of construction in 2008.

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