Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ), a vocal critic of the Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier program, will recommend that Congress lower the cost cap for the Ford-class carriers by $100 million, potentially setting the stage for a conference debate. The Senate panel's mark-up of the defense authorization bill, which will take place later this month, will include language to lower the congressionally mandated cost cap on the Navy's Ford-class carriers by $100 million, or about 0.8 percent of...
