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SECNAV Spencer: Carrier Ford Challenges Tied to Costs Caps, Requirements Process

30 October 2019

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) conducts high-speed turns in the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 29, 2019. US Navy Photo

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The secretary of the Navy said a congressional cost cap on the first Ford-class aircraft carrier led to bad decisions that are reverberating today, and he hopes smarter discussions around cost, risk and requirements will be had for future ship classes such as the upcoming frigate program.

As the Navy and shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding...

https://news.usni.org/2019/10/30/secnav-spencer-carrier-ford-challenges-tied-to-costs-caps-requirements-process

World’s Most Expensive Warship Starts Sea Trials After More Than a Year of Repairs

25 October 2019

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) on Oct. 25, 2019 heading to the Atlantic Ocean. Photo by Mark D. Faram for USNI News

Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is underway for sea trials after more than a year pier-side during an extended repair period, ship spotters in Norfolk, Va., confirmed to USNI News.

According to the spotters, Ford left the pier at the Newport News Shipbuilding yard in Virginia and headed down the James River to the Atlantic Ocean just after 10 a.m. on Friday

A Navy official...

https://news.usni.org/2019/10/25/worlds-most-expensive-warship-starts-sea-trials-after-more-than-a-year-of-repairs

SECNAV Spencer Rebutts Congressional Criticism of Ford Carrier Program

23 October 2019

Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer delivers remarks aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Eagle (WIX-327) during a ceremony in Cherbourg, France, on June 6, 2019. US Coast Guard

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress needs to consider its own culpability before criticizing the Navy for the slow pace of prepping USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) for deployment, Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer said on Wednesday.

Spencer called out Congress, who he refers to as his “board of directors,” and Ford’s

https://news.usni.org/2019/10/23/secnav-spencer-rebutts-congressional-criticism-of-ford-carrier-program

Report to Congress on Defense Spending Under Continuing Resolution

16 August 2019

The following is the Aug. 15, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Defense Spending Under an Interim Continuing Resolution: In Brief.

From the report

This report provides a basic overview of interim continuing resolutions (CRs) and highlights some specific issues pertaining to operations of the Department of Defense (DOD) under a CR.

DOD has started the fiscal year under a CR for 13 of the past 18 years (FY2002-FY2019) and every year since FY2010 excluding FY2019. The amount of time DOD has...

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/16/report-to-congress-on-defense-spending-under-continuing-resolution

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