Northrop Grumman to build new Ford carrier

[unhappycamper]

Northrop Grumman to build new Ford carrier
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jan 16, 2009 6:21:13 EST

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Newport News has been awarded a $374 million contract for preliminary work on the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier.

The nation’s only maker of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers already has received a $5.1 billion contract to build the lead ship in the next generation of aircraft carriers.

The contract announced Thursday is for design, planning and procurement of the second carrier in the Ford class.

On Saturday, the 10th and final Nimitz-class carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, was commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk. The former president and his son, President George W. Bush, attended the commissioning of the Northrop Grumman ship.


Article about this $10+ billion wonder at: http://navytimes.com/news/2009/01/ap_ford_carriers_va_011509w/%2e



uhc comment: That's $10+ billion for the ship only. Aircraft and people are extra.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. I hope they name her after the recently-decommed USS John F Kennedy...

I could live with it being called the USS LBJ, too...;)

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. kennedy? you know, well, you know

that would be, you know, well, you know.
You know, it's you know, you know, weird, you know, to spend that you know, kind you know, of you know, money, on a you know, boat. you know? Especially, you know, when you know, you know, that you know, unmanned you know craft you know, you know? are you know, are you know, you know, more you know effective you know and far you know more cost- you know effective. you know?