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The ship is being built with an improved process that incorporates lessons learned from the construction of CVN-78. CVN-79 is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2021 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,321.3 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in March 2028.\nCVN-81 (Doris Miller) is treated in this report as a ship that was procured in FY2019, consistent with congressional action on the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget. The Navy\u2019s FY2021 budget submission shows CVN-81 as a ship that was procured in FY2020. The Navy\u2019s FY2021 budget submission estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,450.7 million (i.e., about $12.5 billion) in then-year dollars. 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The ship is being built with an improved process that incorporates lessons learned from the construction of CVN-78. CVN-79 is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2021 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,321.3 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in March 2028.\nCVN-81 (Doris Miller) is treated in this report as a ship that was procured in FY2019, consistent with congressional action on the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget. The Navy\u2019s FY2021 budget submission shows CVN-81 as a ship that was procured in FY2020. The Navy\u2019s FY2021 budget submission estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,450.7 million (i.e., about $12.5 billion) in then-year dollars. 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Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). \nCVN-78 (Gerald R. Ford) was procured in FY2008. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $13,084.0 million (i.e., about $13.1 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement (AP) funding in FY2001-FY2007 and was fully funded in FY2008-FY2011 using congressionally authorized four-year incremental funding. To help cover cost growth on the ship, the ship received an additional $1,394.9 million in FY2014-FY2016 and FY2018 cost-to-complete procurement funding. The ship was delivered to the Navy on May 31, 2017, and was commissioned into service on July 22, 2017. The Navy is currently working to complete construction, testing, and certification of the ship\u2019s 11 weapons elevators and to correct other technical problems aboard the ship.\nCVN-79 (John F. Kennedy) was procured in FY2013. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (Doris Miller) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by about $900 million and the cost of CVN-81 by about $3.1 billion, for a combined reduction of about $4.0 billion.\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2016 and FY2017, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2025 using incremental funding authorized by Section 121(c) of P.L. 115-232. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,062.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in March 2028.\nPrior to the awarding of the two-ship block buy contract, CVN-81 was scheduled to be procured in FY2023. Following the awarding of the two-ship block buy contract, the Navy chose to show CVN-81 in its FY2020 budget submission as a ship to be procured in FY2020 (as opposed to a ship that was procured in FY2019, as suggested by Congress\u2019s action on the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget). The Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,450.7 million (i.e., about $12.5 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy plans to fully fund the ship beginning in FY2019 and extending beyond FY2026 using incremental funding authorized by Section 121(c) of P.L. 115-232. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,285.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in February 2032.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program include the following:\na delay in CVN-78\u2019s first deployment due to the need to complete the construction, testing, and certification of the ship\u2019s weapons elevators and to correct other technical problems aboard the ship;\nwhether the Navy in its FY2020 budget request has accurately priced the work on the CVN-78 program that it is proposing to fund in FY2020;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program\u2019s cost caps;\nadditional CVN-78 program issues that were raised in a December 2019 report from the Department of Defense\u2019s (DOD\u2019s) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) and a May 2019 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on DOD weapon systems;\nwhether the aircraft carrier to be procured after CVN-81 should be a Ford-class carrier (i.e., a large-deck, nuclear-powered carrier) or a smaller and perhaps nonnuclear-powered aircraft carrier.\nThe Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission originally proposed to not fund the mid-life nuclear refueling overhaul (called a Refueling Complex Overhaul, or RCOH) for the aircraft carrier CVN-75 (Harry S. 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The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (Doris Miller) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by about $900 million and the cost of CVN-81 by about $3.1 billion, for a combined reduction of about $4.0 billion.\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. 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The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (not yet named) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by about $900 million and the cost of CVN-81 by about $3.1 billion, for a combined reduction of about $4.0 billion.\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2016 and FY2017, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2025 using incremental funding authorized by Section 121(c) of P.L. 115-232. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,062.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in March 2028.\nPrior to the awarding of the two-ship block buy contract, CVN-81 was scheduled to be procured in FY2023. Following the awarding of the two-ship block buy contract, the Navy has chosen to show CVN-81 in its FY2020 budget submission as a ship to be procured in FY2020 (as opposed to a ship that was procured in FY2019, as suggested by Congress\u2019s action on the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget). The Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,450.7 million (i.e., about $12.5 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy plans to fully fund the ship beginning in FY2019 and extending beyond FY2026 using incremental funding authorized by Section 121(c) of P.L. 115-232. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,285.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in February 2032.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program include the following:\na delay in CVN-78\u2019s first deployment due to the need to complete the construction, testing, and certification of the ship\u2019s weapons elevators and to correct other technical problems aboard the ship;\nwhether the Navy has been sufficiently forthcoming in reporting unfinished construction work or technical problems on CVN-78;\nthe impact on the CVN-78 program of funding DOD operations during part of FY2020 under a continuing resolution (CR);\nDOD\u2019s decision to show CVN-81 in its FY2020 budget submission as a ship to be procured in FY2020, instead of a ship that was procured in FY2019;\nthe Navy\u2019s decision, as part of its FY2020 budget submission, to not accelerate the scheduled procurement of CVN-82 from FY2028 to an earlier fiscal year;\nwhether the Navy in its FY2020 budget request has accurately priced the work on the CVN-78 program that it is proposing to fund in FY2020;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program\u2019s cost caps;\nadditional CVN-78 program issues that were raised in a December 2018 report from the Department of Defense\u2019s (DOD\u2019s) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) and a May 2019 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on DOD weapon systems;\nwhether the aircraft carrier to be procured after CVN-81 should be a Ford-class carrier (i.e., a large-deck, nuclear-powered carrier) or a smaller and perhaps nonnuclear-powered aircraft carrier.\nThe Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission originally proposed to not fund the mid-life nuclear refueling overhaul (called a Refueling Complex Overhaul, or RCOH) for the aircraft carrier CVN-75 (Harry S. 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Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). \nCVN-78 (Gerald R. Ford) was procured in FY2008. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $13,084.0 million (i.e., about $13.1 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement (AP) funding in FY2001-FY2007 and was fully funded in FY2008-FY2011 using congressionally authorized four-year incremental funding. To help cover cost growth on the ship, the ship received an additional $1,394.9 million in FY2014-FY2016 and FY2018 cost-to-complete procurement funding. The ship was delivered to the Navy on May 31, 2017, and was commissioned into service on July 22, 2017. The Navy is currently working to complete construction, testing, and certification of the ship\u2019s 11 weapons elevators and to correct other technical problems aboard the ship.\nCVN-79 (John F. Kennedy) was procured in FY2013. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (not yet named) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by about $900 million and the cost of CVN-81 by about $3.1 billion, for a combined reduction of about $4.0 billion.\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. 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The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in February 2032.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program include the following:\na delay in CVN-78\u2019s first deployment due to the need to complete the construction, testing, and certification of the ship\u2019s weapons elevators and to correct other technical problems aboard the ship;\nwhether the Navy has been sufficiently forthcoming in reporting unfinished construction work or technical problems on CVN-78;\nthe impact on the CVN-78 program of funding DOD operations during part of FY2020 under a continuing resolution (CR);\nDOD\u2019s decision to show CVN-81 in its FY2020 budget submission as a ship to be procured in FY2020, instead of a ship that was procured in FY2019;\nthe Navy\u2019s decision, as part of its FY2020 budget submission, to not accelerate the scheduled procurement of CVN-82 from FY2028 to an earlier fiscal year;\nwhether the Navy in its FY2020 budget request has accurately priced the work on the CVN-78 program that it is proposing to fund in FY2020;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program\u2019s cost caps;\nadditional CVN-78 program issues that were raised in a December 2018 report from the Department of Defense\u2019s (DOD\u2019s) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) and a May 2019 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on DOD weapon systems;\nwhether the aircraft carrier to be procured after CVN-81 should be a Ford-class carrier (i.e., a large-deck, nuclear-powered carrier) or a smaller and perhaps nonnuclear-powered aircraft carrier.\nThe Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission originally proposed to not fund the mid-life nuclear refueling overhaul (called a Refueling Complex Overhaul, or RCOH) for the aircraft carrier CVN-75 (Harry S. 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Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). \nCVN-78 (Gerald R. Ford) was procured in FY2008. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $13,084.0 million (i.e., about $13.1 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement (AP) funding in FY2001-FY2007 and was fully funded in FY2008-FY2011 using congressionally authorized four-year incremental funding. To help cover cost growth on the ship, the ship received an additional $1,394.9 million in FY2014-FY2016 and FY2018 cost-to-complete procurement funding. The ship was delivered to the Navy on May 31, 2017, and was commissioned into service on July 22, 2017. The Navy is currently working to complete construction, testing, and certification of the ship\u2019s 11 weapons elevators and to correct other technical problems aboard the ship.\nCVN-79 (John F. Kennedy) was procured in FY2013. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (not yet named) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by about $900 million and the cost of CVN-81 by about $3.1 billion, for a combined reduction of about $4.0 billion.\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2016 and FY2017, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2025 using incremental funding authorized by Section 121(c) of P.L. 115-232. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,062.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in March 2028.\nPrior to the awarding of the two-ship block buy contract, CVN-81 was scheduled to be procured in FY2023. Following the awarding of the two-ship block buy contract, the Navy has chosen to show CVN-81 in its FY2020 budget submission as a ship to be procured in FY2020 (as opposed to a ship that was procured in FY2019, as suggested by Congress\u2019s action on the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget). The Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,450.7 million (i.e., about $12.5 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy plans to fully fund the ship beginning in FY2019 and extending beyond FY2026 using incremental funding authorized by Section 121(c) of P.L. 115-232. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,285.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in February 2032.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program include the following:\na delay in CVN-78\u2019s first deployment due to the need to complete the construction, testing, and certification of the ship\u2019s weapons elevators and to correct other technical problems aboard the ship;\nwhether the Navy has been sufficiently forthcoming in reporting unfinished construction work or technical problems on CVN-78;\nthe impact on the CVN-78 program of funding DOD operations during part of FY2020 under a continuing resolution (CR);\nDOD\u2019s decision to show CVN-81 in its FY2020 budget submission as a ship to be procured in FY2020, instead of a ship that was procured in FY2019;\nthe Navy\u2019s decision, as part of its FY2020 budget submission, to not accelerate the scheduled procurement of CVN-82 from FY2028 to an earlier fiscal year;\nwhether the Navy in its FY2020 budget request has accurately priced the work on the CVN-78 program that it is proposing to fund in FY2020;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program\u2019s cost caps;\nadditional CVN-78 program issues that were raised in a December 2018 report from the Department of Defense\u2019s (DOD\u2019s) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) and a May 2019 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on DOD weapon systems;\nwhether the aircraft carrier to be procured after CVN-81 should be a Ford-class carrier (i.e., a large-deck, nuclear-powered carrier) or a smaller and perhaps nonnuclear-powered aircraft carrier.\nThe Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission originally proposed to not fund the mid-life nuclear refueling overhaul (called a Refueling Complex Overhaul, or RCOH) for the aircraft carrier CVN-75 (Harry S. 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The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (not yet named) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by about $900 million and the cost of CVN-81 by about $3.1 billion, for a combined reduction of about $4.0 billion.\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. 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The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,285.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in February 2032.\nThe Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission proposed to not fund the mid-life nuclear refueling overhaul (called a Refueling Complex Overhaul, or RCOH) for the aircraft carrier CVN-75 (Harry S. Truman), and to instead retire the ship around FY2024 and also deactivate one of the Navy\u2019s carrier air wings at about the same time. On April 30, 2019, however, the Administration announced that it was effectively withdrawing this proposal from the Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission. 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The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (not yet named) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by about $900 million and the cost of CVN-81 by about $3.1 billion, for a combined reduction of about $4.0 billion.\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2016 and FY2017, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2025 using incremental funding authorized by Section 121(c) of P.L. 115-232. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,062.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in March 2028.\nPrior to the awarding of the two-ship block buy contract, CVN-81 was scheduled to be procured in FY2023. Following the awarding of the two-ship block buy contract, the Navy has chosen to show CVN-81 in its FY2020 budget submission as a ship to be procured in FY2020 (as opposed to a ship that was procured in FY2019). The Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,450.7 million (i.e., about $12.5 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy plans to fully fund the ship beginning in FY2019 and extending beyond FY2026 using incremental funding authorized by Section 121(c) of P.L. 115-232. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,285.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in February 2032.\nThe Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission proposed to not fund the mid-life nuclear refueling overhaul (called a Refueling Complex Overhaul, or RCOH) for the aircraft carrier CVN-75 (Harry S. Truman), and to instead retire the ship around FY2024 and also deactivate one of the Navy\u2019s carrier air wings at about the same time. On April 30, 2019, however, the Administration announced that it was effectively withdrawing this proposal from the Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission. The Administration now supports funding the CVN-75 RCOH and keeping CVN-75 (and by implication its associated air wing) in service past FY2024.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program include the following:\nDOD\u2019s decision to show CVN-81 in its FY2020 budget submission as a ship to be procured in FY2020, instead of a ship that was procured in FY2019;\nthe Navy\u2019s decision, as part of its FY2020 budget submission, to not accelerate the scheduled procurement of CVN-82 from FY2028 to an earlier fiscal year;\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s FY2020 procurement funding request for the CVN-78 program;\nthe date for achieving the Navy\u2019s 12-ship force-level goal for aircraft carriers;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program\u2019s cost caps;\nNavy efforts to complete the construction, testing, and certification of the weapons elevators on 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The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (not yet named) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by about $900 million and the cost of CVN-81 by about $3.1 billion, for a combined reduction of about $4.0 billion.\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. 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The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (not yet named) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by about $900 million and the cost of CVN-81 by about $3.1 billion, for a combined reduction of about $4.0 billion.\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. 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The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (not yet named) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by about $900 million and the cost of CVN-81 by about $3.1 billion, for a combined reduction of about $4.0 billion.\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. 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The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,285.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in February 2032.\nThe Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission proposed to not fund the mid-life nuclear refueling overhaul (called a Refueling Complex Overhaul, or RCOH) for the aircraft carrier CVN-75 (Harry S. Truman), and to instead retire the ship around FY2024 and also deactivate one of the Navy\u2019s carrier air wings at about the same time. On April 30, 2019, however, the Administration announced that it was effectively withdrawing this proposal from the Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission. 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The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (not yet named) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $770.9 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $3,086.3 million, for a combined reduction of $3,857.2 million (i.e., about $3.9 billion).\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. 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The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,285.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in February 2032.\nThe Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission proposed to not fund the mid-life nuclear refueling overhaul (called a Refueling Complex Overhaul, or RCOH) for the aircraft carrier CVN-75 (Harry S. Truman), and to instead retire the ship around FY2024 and also deactivate one of the Navy\u2019s carrier air wings at about the same time. On April 30, 2019, however, the Administration announced that it was effectively withdrawing this proposal from the Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission. The Administration now supports funding the CVN-75 RCOH and keeping CVN-75 (and by implication its associated air wing) in service past FY2024.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program include the following:\nDOD\u2019s decision to show CVN-81 in its FY2020 budget submission as a ship to be procured in FY2020, instead of a ship that was procured in FY2019;\nthe Navy\u2019s decision, as part of its FY2020 budget submission, to not accelerate the scheduled procurement of CVN-82 from FY2028 to an earlier fiscal year;\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s FY2020 procurement funding request for the CVN-78 program;\nthe date for achieving the Navy\u2019s 12-ship force-level goal for aircraft carriers;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program\u2019s cost caps;\nNavy efforts to complete the construction, testing, and certification of the weapons elevators on 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Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). \nCVN-78 (Gerald R. Ford) was procured in FY2008. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $13,084.0 million (i.e., about $13.1 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement (AP) funding in FY2001-FY2007 and was fully funded in FY2008-FY2011 using congressionally authorized four-year incremental funding. To help cover cost growth on the ship, the ship received an additional $1,394.9 million in FY2014-FY2016 and FY2018 cost-to-complete procurement funding. The ship was delivered to the Navy on May 31, 2017, and was commissioned into service on July 22, 2017. The Navy is currently working to complete construction, testing, and certification of the ship\u2019s 11 weapons elevators.\nCVN-79 (John F. Kennedy) was procured in FY2013. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (not yet named) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $770.9 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $3,086.3 million, for a combined reduction of $3,857.2 million (i.e., about $3.9 billion).\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2016 and FY2017, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2025 using incremental funding authorized by Section 121(c) of P.L. 115-232. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,062.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in March 2028.\nPrior to the awarding of the two-ship block buy contract, CVN-81 was scheduled to be procured in FY2023. Following the awarding of the two-ship block buy contract, the Navy has chosen to show CVN-81 in its FY2020 budget submission as a ship to be procured in FY2020 (as opposed to a ship that was procured in FY2019). The Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,450.7 million (i.e., about $12.5 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy plans to fully fund the ship beginning in FY2019 and extending beyond FY2026 using incremental funding authorized by Section 121(c) of P.L. 115-232. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,285.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in February 2032.\nThe Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission proposed to not fund the mid-life nuclear refueling overhaul (called a Refueling Complex Overhaul, or RCOH) for the aircraft carrier CVN-75 (Harry S. Truman), and to instead retire the ship around FY2024 and also deactivate one of the Navy\u2019s carrier air wings at about the same time. On April 30, 2019, however, the Administration announced that it was effectively withdrawing this proposal from the Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission. The Administration now supports funding the CVN-75 RCOH and keeping CVN-75 (and by implication its associated air wing) in service past FY2024.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program include the following:\nDOD\u2019s decision to show CVN-81 in its FY2020 budget submission as a ship to be procured in FY2020, instead of a ship that was procured in FY2019;\nthe Navy\u2019s decision, as part of its FY2020 budget submission, to not accelerate the scheduled procurement of CVN-82 from FY2028 to an earlier fiscal year;\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s FY2020 procurement funding request for the CVN-78 program;\nthe date for achieving the Navy\u2019s 12-ship force-level goal for aircraft carriers;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program\u2019s cost caps;\nNavy efforts to complete the construction, testing, and certification of the weapons elevators on CVN-78;\nadditional CVN-78 program issues that were raised in a December 2018 report from the Department of Defense\u2019s (DOD\u2019s) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E);\nwhether the Navy should shift at some point from procuring large-deck, nuclear-powered carriers like the CVN-78 class to procuring smaller aircraft carriers.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS20643", "sha1": "d51f6a06a45d79f6db1799d47a787635238565e5", "filename": "files/20190502_RS20643_d51f6a06a45d79f6db1799d47a787635238565e5.html", "images": { "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/17.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_dccc986bcc5499951b7a0b360929c04094c13ebd.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/7.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_1c1a44cf4c814cd533de716782e6ff01c5631cd8.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/8.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_deb54191fa4d7ef11a97bd8d69b2d13941d5c9d3.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/0.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_08a70db2e72ab1f1a5bce3e3bb7c33f1ba99cb08.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/12.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_c219e7b8a0e776ad9768aa285c27407c35457606.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/4.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_b9879d31526e6c6a5436dda3e01812e0ded80fb3.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/15.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_b42de0275256f2539ec266ac26f492ba4b9d98f7.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/3.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_7fa69825da18e7736944809584de3ba4e0e3496a.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/11.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_e2a817e6b310cbff5de486ff74feed38652c87d9.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/5.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_faeb86fc21bf51c8aa63036a43ed2af071a9933d.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/10.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_f25f684eeba2ed5a3e6c75d22d563adfe9ac72f6.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/9.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_c0f079651bf31cd8daebeaf61535e941d767c588.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/6.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_d7b477491951ed28ab3a79833ac547f898706fcd.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/14.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_bbb2caaf83f352b76288cf4b31280073690c986c.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/2.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_4b181b09a33a962b68d512a4d4bd7d178ee9b0d2.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/16.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_b2466d70d0c550ec8e0b7142a2e9864e3ab93798.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/1.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_53562666f9831474243777ff2cbfb53f9f5f5d3b.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS20643_files&id=/13.png": "files/20190502_RS20643_images_b74b6de352e14a5b1b08ac46db56bf0eeb90966a.png" } }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS20643", "sha1": "fbf6cca607e00a81cbe90a11166a37a5d6acf9c0", "filename": "files/20190502_RS20643_fbf6cca607e00a81cbe90a11166a37a5d6acf9c0.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4902, "name": "Air, Land, Sea, & Projection Forces" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 597655, "date": "2019-05-01", "retrieved": "2019-05-03T14:10:51.068269", "title": "Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress", "summary": "CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, and CVN-81 are the first four ships in the Navy\u2019s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). \nCVN-78 (Gerald R. Ford) was procured in FY2008. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $13,084.0 million (i.e., about $13.1 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement (AP) funding in FY2001-FY2007 and was fully funded in FY2008-FY2011 using congressionally authorized four-year incremental funding. To help cover cost growth on the ship, the ship received an additional $1,394.9 million in FY2014-FY2016 and FY2018 cost-to-complete procurement funding. The ship was delivered to the Navy on May 31, 2017, and was commissioned into service on July 22, 2017. The Navy is currently working to complete construction, testing, and certification of the ship\u2019s 11 weapons elevators.\nCVN-79 (John F. Kennedy) was procured in FY2013. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (not yet named) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $770.9 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $3,086.3 million, for a combined reduction of $3,857.2 million (i.e., about $3.9 billion).\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2016 and FY2017, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2025 using incremental funding authorized by Section 121(c) of P.L. 115-232. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,062.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in March 2028.\nPrior to the awarding of the two-ship block buy contract, CVN-81 was scheduled to be procured in FY2023. Following the awarding of the two-ship block buy contract, the Navy has chosen to show CVN-81 in its FY2020 budget submission as a ship to be procured in FY2020 (as opposed to a ship that was procured in FY2019). The Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,450.7 million (i.e., about $12.5 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy plans to fully fund the ship beginning in FY2019 and extending beyond FY2026 using incremental funding authorized by Section 121(c) of P.L. 115-232. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,285.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in February 2032.\nThe Navy\u2019s FY2020 budget submission proposes to not fund the mid-life nuclear refueling overhaul (called a Refueling Complex Overhaul, or RCOH) for the aircraft carrier CVN-75 (Harry S. Truman), and to instead retire the ship around FY2024 and also deactivate one of the Navy\u2019s carrier air wings at about the same time. On April 30, 2019, however, Vice President Pence, during a visit to CVN-75, stated the following: \u201cWe are keeping the best carrier in the world in the fight. We are not retiring the Truman. The USS Harry S. Truman is going to be giving em hell for many more years to come.\u201d\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program include the following:\nthe Navy\u2019s proposal\u2014if it has not been withdrawn by Vice President Pence\u2019s April 30 statement\u2014to not fund the CVN-75 RCOH and instead retire CVN-81 in FY2024 and its associated air wing at about the same time;\nDOD\u2019s decision to show CVN-81 in its FY2020 budget submission as a ship to be procured in FY2020, instead of a ship that was procured in FY2019;\nthe Navy\u2019s decision, as part of its FY2020 budget submission, to not accelerate the scheduled procurement of CVN-82 from FY2028 to an earlier fiscal year;\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s FY2020 procurement funding request for the CVN-78 program;\nthe date for achieving the Navy\u2019s 12-ship force-level goal for aircraft carriers;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so 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Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). \nCVN-78 (Gerald R. Ford) was procured in FY2008. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $13,084.0 million (i.e., about $13.1 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement (AP) funding in FY2001-FY2007 and was fully funded in FY2008-FY2011 using congressionally authorized four-year incremental funding. To help cover cost growth on the ship, the ship received an additional $1,394.9 million in FY2014-FY2016 and FY2018 cost-to-complete procurement funding. The ship was delivered to the Navy on May 31, 2017, and was commissioned into service on July 22, 2017. The Navy is currently working to complete construction, testing, and certification of the ship\u2019s 11 weapons elevators.\nCVN-79 (John F. Kennedy) was procured in FY2013. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,327.4 million (i.e., about $11.3 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (not yet named) are being procured under a two-ship block buy contract that was authorized by Section 121(a)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 5515/P.L. 115-232 of August 13, 2018). The provision permitted the Navy to add CVN-81 to the existing contract for building CVN-80 after the Department of Defense (DOD) made certain certifications to Congress. DOD made the certifications on December 31, 2018, and the Navy announced the award of the contract on January 31, 2019. Compared to the estimated procurement costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 in the Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship block buy contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $246.6 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $2,637.3 million, for a combined reduction of $2,883.9 million (i.e., about $2.9 billion). Using higher estimated baseline costs for CVN-80 and CVN-81 taken from a December 2017 Navy business case analysis, the Navy estimates under its FY2020 budget submission that the two-ship contract will reduce the cost of CVN-80 by $770.9 million and the cost of CVN-81 by $3,086.3 million, for a combined reduction of $3,857.2 million (i.e., about $3.9 billion).\nCVN-80 was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,335.1 million (i.e., about $12.3 billion) in then-year dollars. 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The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2020 budget requests $1,285.0 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in February 2032.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program include the following:\nthe Navy\u2019s proposal, as part of its FY2020 budget submission, to not fund the mid-life nuclear refueling overhaul (called a Refueling Complex Overhaul, or RCOH) for the aircraft carrier CVN-5 (Harry S. 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The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (named Enterprise) was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2019 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,901.7 million (i.e., about $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2016 and FY2017, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2023 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2019 budget requests $1,598.2 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2027.\nCVN-81 (not yet named) is scheduled to be procured in FY2023. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2019 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $15,088.0 million (i.e., about $15.1 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy plans to request AP funding for the ship in FY2021 and FY2022, and then fully fund the ship in FY2023-FY2028 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission programs the initial increment of AP funding for the ship in FY2021. 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The ship received AP funding in FY2007-FY2012, and was fully funded in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 (named Enterprise) was procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2019 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,901.7 million (i.e., about $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2016 and FY2017, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2023 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2019 budget requests $1,598.2 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2027.\nCVN-81 (not yet named) is scheduled to be procured in FY2023. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2019 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $15,088.0 million (i.e., about $15.1 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy plans to request AP funding for the ship in FY2021 and FY2022, and then fully fund the ship in FY2023-FY2028 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s FY2019 budget submission programs the initial increment of AP funding for the ship in FY2021. 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The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2007-FY2012, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2018 budget requests $2,561.1 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 is scheduled to be procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2018 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,997.6 million (i.e., about $13.0 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2016 and FY2017, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2023 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2018 budget requests $1,880.7 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2027.\nCVN-81 is scheduled under the Navy\u2019s FY2017 30-year shipbuilding plan to be procured in FY2023. 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The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2007-FY2012, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2018 budget requests $2,561.1 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 is scheduled to be procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2018 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,997.6 million (i.e., about $13.0 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2016 and FY2017, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2023 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2018 budget requests $1,880.7 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2027.\nCVN-81 is scheduled under the Navy\u2019s FY2017 30-year shipbuilding plan to be procured in FY2023. 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The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2007-FY2012, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2018 budget requests $2,561.1 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2024.\nCVN-80 is scheduled to be procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2018 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,997.6 million (i.e., about $13.0 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received AP funding in FY2016 and FY2017, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2023 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2018 budget requests $1,880.7 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in September 2027.\nCVN-81 is scheduled under the Navy\u2019s FY2017 30-year shipbuilding plan to be procured in FY2023. Under that schedule, the Navy would use AP funding for the ship in FY2021 and FY2022, and then fully fund the ship in FY2023-FY2028 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s FY2018 budget submission programs the initial increment of AP funding for the ship in FY2021.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program (and other carrier-related issues) for FY2018 included the following:\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s FY2018 procurement requests for the CVN-78 program;\nwhether to provide advance procurement (AP) funding in FY2018 for the purchase of materials for CVN-81, so as to accelerate the procurement of the ship to a year earlier than FY2023 and/or initiate a combined purchase of materials for CVN-80 and CVN-81 or a block buy contract for the two ships;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program\u2019s cost caps;\nCVN-78 program issues that were raised in a December 2016 report from the Department of Defense\u2019s (DOD\u2019s) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E); and\nwhether the Navy should shift at some point from procuring large-deck, nuclear-powered carriers like the CVN-78 class to procuring smaller aircraft carriers.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS20643", "sha1": "57e79740b15ccc0255e9439d47fccb09b3813f52", "filename": "files/20170602_RS20643_57e79740b15ccc0255e9439d47fccb09b3813f52.html", "images": null }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS20643", "sha1": "b685dc89c974faac5d2983e3679213994bd60fcc", "filename": "files/20170602_RS20643_b685dc89c974faac5d2983e3679213994bd60fcc.pdf", "images": null } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4902, "name": "Air, Land, Sea, & Projection Forces" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 461413, "date": "2017-05-18", "retrieved": "2017-05-24T16:17:40.492901", "title": "Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress", "summary": "CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, and CVN-81 are the first four ships in the Navy\u2019s new Gerald R. 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The ship reportedly could start Navy acceptance trials at the end of May 2017 and could be delivered soon after the completion of those trials.\nCVN-79 was procured in FY2013. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,398.0 million (i.e., about $11.4 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2007-FY2012, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget requested $1,291.8 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in June 2022.\nCVN-80 is scheduled to be procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,900.0 million (i.e., $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy wants to use AP funding for the ship in FY2016 and FY2017, and then fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2023 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget requested $1,370.8 million in AP funding for the ship.\nCVN-81 is scheduled under the Navy\u2019s FY2017 30-year shipbuilding plan to be procured in FY2023. Under that schedule, the Navy would use AP funding for the ship in FY2021 and FY2022, and then fully fund the ship in FY2023-FY2028 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s FY2017 budget submission programs the initial increment of AP funding for the ship in FY2021. If the procurement of Ford-class carriers is accelerated from one ship every five years to one ship every four years\u2014a possibility that policymakers are discussing\u2014the procurement of CVN-81 could be accelerated one year, to FY2022.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program (and other carrier-related issues) for FY2017 included the following:\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s FY2017 procurement and advance procurement (AP) funding requests for the CVN-78 program;\nwhether to provide advance procurement (AP) funding in FY2017 for the purchase of materials for CVN-81, so as to enable a combined purchase of materials for CVN-80 and CVN-81 (the Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget does not request any AP funding for the procurement of materials for CVN-81);\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s proposal in its FY2017 budget submission to deactivate one of the Navy\u2019s carrier air wings;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program\u2019s cost caps;\nCVN-78 program issues that were raised in a December 2016 report from the Department of Defense\u2019s (DOD\u2019s) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E); and\nwhether the Navy should shift at some point from procuring large-deck, nuclear-powered carriers like the CVN-78 class to procuring smaller aircraft carriers.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS20643", "sha1": "d83f8fb8d4dbbc73bae928819104f4d8c2018caf", "filename": "files/20170518_RS20643_d83f8fb8d4dbbc73bae928819104f4d8c2018caf.html", "images": null }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS20643", "sha1": "3a6cd4d37445b62adc518f6110dfc2202f4cd7c4", "filename": "files/20170518_RS20643_3a6cd4d37445b62adc518f6110dfc2202f4cd7c4.pdf", "images": null } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4902, "name": "Air, Land, Sea, & Projection Forces" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 461087, "date": "2017-05-12", "retrieved": "2017-05-16T14:29:43.715792", "title": "Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress", "summary": "CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, and CVN-81 are the first four ships in the Navy\u2019s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). CVN-78 was fully funded in prior fiscal years. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2016 budget requests procurement for CVN-79 and advance procurement (AP) funding for CVN-80.\nCVN-78 was procured in FY2008. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,887.0 million (i.e., about $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2001-FY2007 and was fully funded in FY2008-FY2011 using congressionally authorized four-year incremental funding. To help cover cost growth on the ship, the ship received an additional $1,374.9 million in FY2014-FY2016 in FY2015 in so-called cost-to-complete procurement funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget does not request any additional funding for the ship. The Navy has postponed the ship\u2019s delivery date repeatedly to accommodate delays in its construction and testing process. As of January 2017, the ship was scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in April 2017.\nCVN-79 was procured in FY2013. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,398.0 million (i.e., about $11.4 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2007-FY2012, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget requests $1,291.8 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in June 2022.\nCVN-80 is scheduled to be procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,900.0 million (i.e., $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy wants to use AP funding for the ship in FY2016 and FY2017, and then fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2023 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget requests $1,370.8 million in AP funding for the ship.\nCVN-81 is scheduled to be procured in FY2023. Under current plans, the Navy would use AP funding for the ship in FY2021 and FY2022, and then fully fund the ship in FY2023-FY2028 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s FY2017 budget submission programs the initial increment of AP funding for the ship in FY2021.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program (and other carrier-related issues) include the following:\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s FY2017 procurement and advance procurement (AP) funding requests for the CVN-78 program;\nwhether to provide advance procurement (AP) funding in FY2017 for the purchase of materials for CVN-81, so as to enable a combined purchase of materials for CVN-80 and CVN-81 (the Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget does not request any AP funding for the procurement of materials for CVN-81);\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s proposal in its FY2017 budget submission to deactivate one of the Navy\u2019s carrier air wings;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program\u2019s cost caps;\nCVN-78 program issues that were raised in a December 2016 report from the Department of Defense\u2019s (DOD\u2019s) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E); and\nwhether the Navy should shift at some point from procuring large-deck, nuclear-powered carriers like the CVN-78 class to procuring smaller aircraft carriers.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS20643", "sha1": "c5843ab69ce8d931f2b91b91d209fca4cfc09bf9", "filename": "files/20170512_RS20643_c5843ab69ce8d931f2b91b91d209fca4cfc09bf9.html", "images": null }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS20643", "sha1": "6463e158e1a9ba53bf12696959b811ffd47b2110", "filename": "files/20170512_RS20643_6463e158e1a9ba53bf12696959b811ffd47b2110.pdf", "images": null } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4902, "name": "Air, Land, Sea, & Projection Forces" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 460290, "date": "2017-04-06", "retrieved": "2017-04-11T15:00:32.233691", "title": "Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress", "summary": "CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, and CVN-81 are the first four ships in the Navy\u2019s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). CVN-78 was fully funded in prior fiscal years. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2016 budget requests procurement for CVN-79 and advance procurement (AP) funding for CVN-80.\nCVN-78 was procured in FY2008. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,887.0 million (i.e., about $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2001-FY2007 and was fully funded in FY2008-FY2011 using congressionally authorized four-year incremental funding. To help cover cost growth on the ship, the ship received an additional $1,374.9 million in FY2014-FY2016 in FY2015 in so-called cost-to-complete procurement funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget does not request any additional funding for the ship. The Navy has postponed the ship\u2019s delivery date repeatedly to accommodate delays in its construction and testing process. As of January 2017, the ship was scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in April 2017.\nCVN-79 was procured in FY2013. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,398.0 million (i.e., about $11.4 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2007-FY2012, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget requests $1,291.8 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in June 2022.\nCVN-80 is scheduled to be procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,900.0 million (i.e., $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy wants to use AP funding for the ship in FY2016 and FY2017, and then fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2023 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget requests $1,370.8 million in AP funding for the ship.\nCVN-81 is scheduled to be procured in FY2023. Under current plans, the Navy would use AP funding for the ship in FY2021 and FY2022, and then fully fund the ship in FY2023-FY2028 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s FY2017 budget submission programs the initial increment of AP funding for the ship in FY2021.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program (and other carrier-related issues) include the following:\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s FY2017 procurement and advance procurement (AP) funding requests for the CVN-78 program;\nwhether to provide advance procurement (AP) funding in FY2017 for the purchase of materials for CVN-81, so as to enable a combined purchase of materials for CVN-80 and CVN-81 (the Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget does not request any AP funding for the procurement of materials for CVN-81);\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s proposal in its FY2017 budget submission to deactivate one of the Navy\u2019s carrier air wings;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program\u2019s cost caps;\nCVN-78 program issues that were raised in a December 2016 report from the Department of Defense\u2019s (DOD\u2019s) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E); and\nwhether the Navy should shift at some point from procuring large-deck, nuclear-powered carriers like the CVN-78 class to procuring smaller aircraft carriers.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS20643", "sha1": "06bbe710fd0dc22a1834c9e0119b2dc0c35a5038", "filename": "files/20170406_RS20643_06bbe710fd0dc22a1834c9e0119b2dc0c35a5038.html", "images": null }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS20643", "sha1": "8c463ca168d9e51854190a6342e03511ad3c6b45", "filename": "files/20170406_RS20643_8c463ca168d9e51854190a6342e03511ad3c6b45.pdf", "images": null } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4902, "name": "Air, Land, Sea, & Projection Forces" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 459784, "date": "2017-03-16", "retrieved": "2017-03-22T18:27:30.415442", "title": "Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress", "summary": "CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, and CVN-81 are the first four ships in the Navy\u2019s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). CVN-78 was fully funded in prior fiscal years. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2016 budget requests procurement for CVN-79 and advance procurement (AP) funding for CVN-80.\nCVN-78 was procured in FY2008. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,887.0 million (i.e., about $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2001-FY2007 and was fully funded in FY2008-FY2011 using congressionally authorized four-year incremental funding. To help cover cost growth on the ship, the ship received an additional $1,374.9 million in FY2014-FY2016 in FY2015 in so-called cost-to-complete procurement funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget does not request any additional funding for the ship. The Navy has postponed the ship\u2019s delivery date repeatedly to accommodate delays in its construction and testing process. As of January 2017, the ship was scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in April 2017.\nCVN-79 was procured in FY2013. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,398.0 million (i.e., about $11.4 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2007-FY2012, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget requests $1,291.8 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in June 2022.\nCVN-80 is scheduled to be procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,900.0 million (i.e., $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy wants to use AP funding for the ship in FY2016 and FY2017, and then fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2023 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget requests $1,370.8 million in AP funding for the ship.\nCVN-81 is scheduled to be procured in FY2023. Under current plans, the Navy would use AP funding for the ship in FY2021 and FY2022, and then fully fund the ship in FY2023-FY2028 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s FY2017 budget submission programs the initial increment of AP funding for the ship in FY2021.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program (and other carrier-related issues) include the following:\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s FY2017 procurement and advance procurement (AP) funding requests for the CVN-78 program;\nwhether to provide advance procurement (AP) funding in FY2017 for the purchase of materials for CVN-81, so as to enable a combined purchase of materials for CVN-80 and CVN-81 (the Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget does not request any AP funding for the procurement of materials for CVN-81);\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s proposal in its FY2017 budget submission to deactivate one of the Navy\u2019s carrier air wings;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program\u2019s cost caps;\nCVN-78 program issues that were raised in a January 2016 report from the Department of Defense\u2019s (DOD\u2019s) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E); and\nwhether the Navy should shift at some point from procuring large-deck, nuclear-powered carriers like the CVN-78 class to procuring smaller aircraft carriers.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS20643", "sha1": "f58486fb7c34e7c4a07066172dcad5c16dfce9d2", "filename": "files/20170316_RS20643_f58486fb7c34e7c4a07066172dcad5c16dfce9d2.html", "images": null }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS20643", "sha1": "2008dc6ed5b889ba9574f54b787ffcf378ebd3f7", "filename": "files/20170316_RS20643_2008dc6ed5b889ba9574f54b787ffcf378ebd3f7.pdf", "images": null } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4902, "name": "Air, Land, Sea, & Projection Forces" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 453553, "date": "2016-06-15", "retrieved": "2016-10-17T19:52:15.645380", "title": "Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress", "summary": "CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, and CVN-81 are the first four ships in the Navy\u2019s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). CVN-78 was fully funded in prior fiscal years. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2016 budget requests procurement for CVN-79 and advance procurement (AP) funding for CVN-80.\nCVN-78 was procured in FY2008. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,887.0 million (i.e., about $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2001-FY2007 and was fully funded in FY2008-FY2011 using congressionally authorized four-year incremental funding. To help cover cost growth on the ship, the ship received an additional $1,374.9 million in FY2014-FY2016 in FY2015 in so-called cost-to-complete procurement funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget does not request any additional funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in late August or early September 2016.\nCVN-79 was procured in FY2013. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,398.0 million (i.e., about $11.4 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2007-FY2012, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget requests $1,291.8 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in June 2022.\nCVN-80 is scheduled to be procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,900.0 million (i.e., $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy wants to use AP funding for the ship in FY2016 and FY2017, and then fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2023 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. 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The Navy\u2019s FY2017 budget submission programs the initial increment of AP funding for the ship in FY2021.\nOversight issues for Congress for the CVN-78 program (and other carrier-related issues) include the following:\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s FY2017 procurement and advance procurement (AP) funding requests for the CVN-78 program;\nwhether to provide advance procurement (AP) funding in FY2017 for the purchase of materials for CVN-81, so as to enable a combined purchase of materials for CVN-80 and CVN-81 (the Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget does not request any AP funding for the procurement of materials for CVN-81);\nwhether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy\u2019s proposal in its FY2017 budget submission to deactivate one of the Navy\u2019s carrier air wings;\ncost growth in the CVN-78 program, Navy efforts to stem that growth, and Navy efforts to manage costs so as to stay within the program\u2019s cost caps;\nCVN-78 program issues that were raised in a January 2016 report from the Department of Defense\u2019s (DOD\u2019s) Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E); and\nwhether the Navy should shift at some point from procuring large-deck, nuclear-powered carriers like the CVN-78 class to procuring smaller aircraft carriers.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS20643", "sha1": "3197105fc932246901555e3172e2f8e9c79b8259", "filename": "files/20160615_RS20643_3197105fc932246901555e3172e2f8e9c79b8259.html", "images": null }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS20643", "sha1": "4d3100675f33229a7abb3150068cc12ab5942b25", "filename": "files/20160615_RS20643_4d3100675f33229a7abb3150068cc12ab5942b25.pdf", "images": null } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4902, "name": "Air, Land, Sea, & Projection Forces" } ] }, { "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc855930/", "id": "RS20643_2016May27", "date": "2016-05-27", "retrieved": "2016-08-07T13:31:21", "title": "Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress", "summary": "This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Gerald R. 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Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). CVN-78 was fully funded in prior fiscal years. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2016 budget requests procurement for CVN-79 and advance procurement (AP) funding for CVN-80.\nCVN-78 was procured in FY2008. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,887.0 million (i.e., about $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2001-FY2007 and was fully funded in FY2008-FY2011 using congressionally authorized four-year incremental funding. To help cover cost growth on the ship, the ship received an additional $1,374.9 million in FY2014-FY2016 in FY2015 in so-called cost-to-complete procurement funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget does not request any additional funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in late August or early September 2016.\nCVN-79 was procured in FY2013. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $11,398.0 million (i.e., about $11.4 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship received advance procurement funding in FY2007-FY2012, and the Navy plans to fully fund the ship in FY2013-FY2018 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget requests $1,291.8 million in procurement funding for the ship. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in June 2022.\nCVN-80 is scheduled to be procured in FY2018. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship\u2019s procurement cost at $12,900.0 million (i.e., $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The Navy wants to use AP funding for the ship in FY2016 and FY2017, and then fully fund the ship in FY2018-FY2023 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. The Navy\u2019s proposed FY2017 budget requests $1,370.8 million in AP funding for the ship.\nCVN-81 is scheduled to be procured in FY2023. Under current plans, the Navy would use AP funding for the ship in FY2021 and FY2022, and then fully fund the ship in FY2023-FY2028 using congressionally authorized six-year incremental funding. 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