U.S. Navy gets go-ahead for nuclear-powered CVX carrier

The Pentagon's Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) signed off on the U.S. Navy's request that the projected CVX class aircraft carrier have a large deck and be nuclear powered, the Dept. of Defense said Friday. The DAB considered various propulsion alternatives and associated developmental costs and...

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