Congress is poised to formally endorse the Navy executing a block buy of its third and fourth Ford-class aircraft carriers, according to the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill conference report. "The conferees believe a two-ship procurement of CVN-80 and CVN-81 could result in significant cost savings," lawmakers wrote in the report. Although congressional authorizers have completed negotiations, their conference report is awaiting votes on the House and Senate floors. Lawmakers expressed "disappointment" that the Navy did not provide "related...
