Navy’s $13 Billion Carrier Needs Another $197 Million in Fixes
By Anthony Capaccio
October 25, 2019, 1:53 PM EDT Updated on October 25, 2019, 2:57 PM EDT
Congressional cost cap exceeded for second time since 2018
Money needed to complete elevator fixes and for added labor
The Navy’s most expensive vessel is getting even costlier, as the service says it needs to add as much as $197 million more to correct deficiencies with the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier.
That includes completing the installation and certification of 11 elevators to lift munitions and other equipment from below decks that were supposed to be ready more than two years ago.
The previously undisclosed notification to Congress is on top of an extra $120 million identified in May 2018 to correct earlier deficiencies. The move last year caused the carrier to breach a $12.9 billion cost cap set by Congress in an effort to stop spiraling cost increases. The new request takes the carrier’s estimated cost to $13.22 billion.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-25/navy-s-13-billion-carrier-needs-another-197-million-in-fixes
