Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class (CVN-21) Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Navy's proposed FY2009 budget requests $2,712 million in procurement funding for CVN-78, the first ship in the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of aircraft carriers, which was earlier known as the CVN-21 class. Although CVN-78 was procured in FY2008, the Navy's budget includes procurement funding for the ship in FY2009, FY2010, and FY2011. The Navy s proposed FY2008 budget also requests $1,214 million in advance procurement funding for CVN-79, the second ship in the class, which the Navy wants to procure in FY2012. The Navy s estimated procurement costs for CVN-78 and CVN-79 are about $10.5 billion and $9.2 billion, respectively. This report will be updated as events warrant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 2008
Accession Number
ADA480720

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Congress
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cvn-79 Uss John F. Kennedy
  • Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems
  • Flight Decks
  • Ford-Class
  • Governments
  • Navy
  • Nimitz-Class
  • Procurement
  • Shipbuilding
  • Ships
  • Uss George H.W. Bush
  • Uss Gerald R. Ford

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting