Ronald O'Rourke
Specialist in Naval Affairs
CVN-78, CVN-79, and CVN-80 are the first three ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN- 78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs).
CVN-78 was procured in FY2008 and was funded with congressionally authorized four-year incremental funding in FY2008-FY2011. The Navy’s proposed FY2012 budget estimated the ship’s procurement cost at $11,531.0 million (i.e., about $11.5 billion) in then-year dollars.
CVN-79 is scheduled under the FY2012 budget submission to be procured in FY2013, and has received advance procurement funding since FY2007. The Navy’s proposed FY2012 budget estimated the ship’s procurement cost at $10,253.0 million (i.e., about $10.3 billion) in then-year dollars.
CVN-80 is scheduled for procurement in FY2018, with advance procurement funding scheduled to begin in FY2014. The Navy’s proposed FY2012 budget estimated the ship’s procurement cost at $13,494.9 million (i.e., about $13.5 billion) in then-year dollars.
Oversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program include:
• the possibility that the Department of Defense (DOD) will propose deferring procurement of CVN-79 by two years, to FY2015;
• the potential for cost growth on CVNs 78, 79, and 80; and
• CVN-78 program issues that were raised in a December 2011 report from DOD’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E).
Date of Report: February 9, 2012
Number of Pages: 41
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