Search This Blog

Saturday, December 13, 2014

USS Ford expected in 2016 but doubts remain

A year after her christening, an aircraft carrier named for President Gerald R. Ford remains on target for delivery to the Navy in March 2016, but also continues to carry a stigma of technological glitches, cost overruns and delays that have dogged the Pentagon's newest ship.

Late last month, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a follow-up report on the USS Ford, saying while the Navy now expects the cost at delivery to remain at $12.9-billion, that may be for a ship still lacking some of the technological advances it was expected to include.

Adding those on later — out of financial reserves the Navy says it is setting aside — will increase the cost of a carrier which has already come under sharp criticism by some, including U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who is expected to take Michigan Sen. Carl Levin's seat atop the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.