Huntington Ingalls Asks General Electric to Pay for Carrier Flaw
- Navy blamed GE for faulty components on costliest U.S. vessel
- USS Gerald R. Ford had undisclosed January propulsion failure
Photographer: Erik Hildebrandt/U.S. Navy
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Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. is asking General Electric Co. to compensate it for damage caused by flawed workmanship during installation of propulsion system components on the U.S. Navy’s $13 billion aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford.
The problem, which forced the most expensive U.S. warship back to port in January, has yet to be fully resolved although the carrier is once again at sea.