This historical article covers a 2015 aircraft-carrier contract announcement. It retains the figures reported at that time. It is not a current fleet or procurement update.
The reported contract
In 2015, the U.S. Navy announced contracts with Huntington Ingalls for a second Gerald R. Ford-class carrier. The article reported contract values totalling $4.3 billion for the USS John F. Kennedy.
The Navy’s estimate at the time put the eventual cost at $11.5 billion or less. The earlier carrier’s reported cost estimate was about $14 billion.
Historical programme context
The report also cited nearly $5 billion in research and development spending for the Ford class. It discussed plans for a four-ship series and the Navy’s aim to maintain 11 carriers.
Those figures describe the announcement covered by the original article. Fleet numbers, schedules and procurement costs may have changed since then.
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