Amid a tightening defense budget, the U.S. Navy is weighing an option to delay the purchase of the Newport News-built John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier by as much as two years, a source familiar with the discussions told the Daily Press on Monday.The possibility of delaying the carrier is a topic of the Navy's annual budget talks for 2013, which have been ongoing for months, said the source, who requested anonymity to discuss the Navy's internal process. The 2013 budget year begins July 1, 2012.
The move, likely one of several the Navy is considering in its budget deliberations, would save the government money in the short run but is projected to raise the overall cost of the carrier by hundreds of millions of dollars.
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