Navy signs $15.2 billion deal for 2 new aircraft carriers to be built in Newport News

[TexasTowelie]

The Navy on Thursday signed a deal for the bulk purchase of two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, a move that will reportedly save $4 billion over the long term and boost the fortunes of Newport News Shipbuilding.

The $15.2 billion agreement allows construction to proceed on the future USS Enterprise, now undergoing advance work at the shipyard, and an as-yet-unnamed carrier known as CVN-81.

The ships are the third and the fourth of the Gerald R. Ford class. The ships are scheduled to be delivered in 2028 and 2032.

The deal advances the Navy’s goal of a larger and more lethal fleet, saves taxpayer money and stabilizes the shipbuilding industry, said James F. Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition.

Read more: https://pilotonline.com/business/defense-shipyards/article_50a830fa-257b-11e9-9ef4-07c1b7b4d46e.html

[Turbineguy]

1. For that kind of money

they could build 76 container ships that would earn $3 million per week each.

Guns or butter. Swords into plowshares.

[hibbing]

2. USS Omarosa? USS Kushner? Most likely USS George W. Bush

After all, he is a war hero who celebrated a victorious war he lied the country into by landing on an aircraft carrier. I think it makes perfect sense.

Peace

[akraven]

3. JOBS work! I don't mind this at all for Virginia.

Enjoy the bounty, pretty pretty state!

[Historic NY]

4. The other should be the Kennedy CVN-79 to be commissioned next yr...

Enterprise is in 2027.

The future trump is in the dumper.