Navy’s Priciest Carrier Ever Struggles to Get Jets On, Off Deck Bloomberg 1/9/2021 Tony Capaccio
(Bloomberg) Aircraft takeoff and landing systems on the USS Gerald R. Ford remain unreliable and break down too often more than three years after the $13.2 billion carrier was delivered, according to the Pentagon’s top tester.
The latest assessment of the costliest warship ever built “remains consistent” with previous years, director of testing Robert Behler said in his new summary of the program obtained by Bloomberg News before its release in an annual report.
“Poor or unknown reliability of new technology systems critical for flight operations,” including its $3.5 billion electromagnetic launch system and advanced arresting gear, could “adversely affect” the carrier’s ability to generate sorties, he said.
Next-generation US nuclear sub facing cost overruns, delays
By Tony Capaccio Bloomberg,Updated December 23, 2020, 4:09 p.m.
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The US Navyâs plan to deliver the first vessel in its $128 billion next-generation submarine program on time is at risk by a dependence on inexperienced contractors with spotty quality control track records, according to a congressional watchdog.
The Government Accountability Office, in a restricted Nov. 6 report to the Pentagon and congressional defense committees, said the design contract for the first vessel in the Columbia-class sub fleet being built by General Dynamics Corp. could have a cost overrun of as much as 14 percent, or $384 million.
By TONY CAPACCIO | Bloomberg | Published: December 23, 2020 The U.S. Navy s plan to deliver the first vessel in its $128 billion next-generation submarine program on time is at risk by a dependence on inexperienced contractors with spotty quality control track records, according to a congressional watchdog. The Government Accountability Office, in a restricted Nov. 6 report to the Pentagon and congressional defense committees, said the design contract for the first vessel in the Columbia-class sub fleet being built by General Dynamics Corp. could have a cost overrun of as much as 14%, or $384 million. The initial vessel in the new class of nuclear-missile-carrying subs, the Navy s highest-priority program, is due for delivery in 2027. The Navy wants the first submarine to launch on patrol in 2030.
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