Will Trump Fire SecNav? Super Carrier USS Ford Suffers New Setback
Just days after Trump again ripped the program, the Navy says the over-budget, and overdue, carrier remains beset with problems.
By Paul McLeary on May 29, 2019 at 3:29 PM
The new carrier USS Ford is afloat but still unfinished.
WASHINGTON: The Navy is once again pushing back the schedule for completing critical work on the USS Gerald R. Ford, the first of a new class of aircraft carrier already billions over budget, and months overdue.
Navy acquisition chief James Geurts made the announcement today in Norfolk while standing in front of the second Ford-class carrier, the USS John F. Kennedy. That ship is slated to be christened later this year and head to sea three months early.
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