(Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect the Navy's ability to independently adjust the cost cap; the original version of the story said the cost cap required action by Congress, which is not the case.) The Pentagon is seeking congressional permission to shift $62.7 million into the lead ship of the Ford-class aircraft carrier program, a move that nudges the tab for the next-generation warship over the $13 billion threshold and requires the statutory cost cap for CVN-78...
