NNS slightly lagging expected efficiencies with CVN-79 30 percent constructed

By Lee Hudson / July 21, 2017 at 4:16 PM
Though the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, the John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), is 30 percent constructed, the ship's builder is falling just shy of anticipated production efficiencies, according to a Selected Acquisition Report obtained by Inside the Navy . Newport News Shipbuilding has reduced production hours by 17 percent on the Kennedy compared to those of the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). The Navy's reduction goal was 18 percent, according to the report. "The cost performance is slightly reduced from the 18...

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