Here's Why the U.S. Navy Could Add 'Light' Aircraft Carriers to the Fleet
It might happen.
Dave Majumdar [2]
The U.S. Senate Armed Service Committee (SASC) is inserting language in its markup of the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would mandate that the U.S. Navy study a preliminary design for a new light carrier.
The new ships would not replace the Gerald R. Ford-class (CVN-78) supercarriers [3], but rather if the new ships were built, they would be used to disperse naval aviation assets across a larger geographical area to help support amphibious ready groups and the like.
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