Third Ford-class Carrier Will Blow Senate Cost Cap
Credit: Huntington Ingalls Industries
The third ship of the U.S. Navy’s Ford-class carrier fleet, the CVN 80 USS Enterprise, will cost an estimated $12.6 billion to build, easily blowing past the Senate’s proposed aircraft carrier price ceiling of $12 billion. The Navy-generated cost figure was disclosed for the first time in the White...
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