Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is "hopeful" the Pentagon's review of the Ford-class aircraft carrier program will not delay lead ship delivery and acknowledges the timing of the review is "terrible" because the carrier program is in the midst of testing. On Aug. 23, Pentagon weapons chief Frank Kendall sent Mabus a memo describing his concern about the scope and impact of key subsystems on the Ford (CVN-78). Kendall told Mabus he was setting up an independent review team "to provide...
