Navy Weighs Buying Two More Costly Carriers in One Big Contract
By Anthony Capaccio
March 19, 2018, 3:31 PM EDT
The U.S. Navy is exploring whether it can achieve significant savings in parts and labor by buying its next two aircraft carriers together instead of individually, the service’s top weapons buyer said.
The Navy intends to deploy 12 aircraft carriers, up from the 11 today, as a key part of its planned expansion to 355 ships. In a request for proposals on Monday, the Navy asked shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. “to further define the cost savings achievable†if it makes a block purchase of the third and fourth carriers in the new Ford class.
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