An. Capaccio, Bloomberg
The leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee urged Defense Secretary Jim Mattis not to delay shock testing intended to determine how well its new $12.9 billion aircraft carrier can withstand an attack.Mattis is weighing a Navy request to delay the test on the USS Gerald R. Ford for at least six years, until delivery of a second carrier in the $45.7 billion program. The test was ordered in 2015 by then-Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work and is scheduled to occur in 2019. The USS John F. Kennedy, second carrier in the three-ship program, isn't scheduled for delivery until... Read More
The leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee urged Defense Secretary Jim Mattis not to delay shock testing intended to determine how well its new $12.9 billion aircraft carrier can withstand an attack.Mattis is weighing a Navy request to delay the test on the USS Gerald R. Ford for at least six years, until delivery of a second carrier in the $45.7 billion program. The test was ordered in 2015 by then-Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work and is scheduled to occur in 2019. The USS John F. Kennedy, second carrier in the three-ship program, isn't scheduled for delivery until... Read More