Delivery of the Navy's multibillion-dollar Ford-class aircraft carrier lead ship may be delayed by up to three months, according to the shipbuilder and fiscal year 2017 budget justification documents. Huntington Ingalls Industries Chief Executive Officer Mike Petters said Feb. 18 during a quarterly earnings call that his company is doing everything it can to deliver the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). "We expect that to happen in the middle of the year," he added. "There is a sequence from builders' trials...
