The Navy will not implement a two-phased delivery strategy for CVN-80 like it has for the previous aircraft carrier in the class and will finalize procurement of the ship in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, according to a service spokeswoman. The circumstances for the John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) delivery are unique because if the Navy used a "single-phase" ship construction method the shipbuilder would deliver the aircraft carrier more than four years before its first deployment, Naval Sea...
