Aircraft Carrier’s Rising Cost Draws U.S. Lawmakers’ Questions
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Lawmakers expressed concern that costs for the U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier continue to increase, even as they backed the service’s request for a $1.1 billion increase in a cost cap imposed by Congress.
The House Armed Services Committee’s seapower panel said yesterday that it accepted the Navy’s $1.7 billion proposal for new carriers in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 as well as the increase in the maximum total cost of the first vessel, the Gerald R. Ford, to $12.9 billion from $11.8 billion.