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Navy/USMC

HII Argues For Two Carrier Block Buys With Three Years Advance Work, Warns If CVN-82 Delayed

Monday, January 8th, 2024

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HII Argues For Two Carrier Block Buys With Three Years Advance Work, Warns If CVN-82 Delayed

The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, under construction at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding in 2023. (Photo: HII)

HII [HII] is pushing for the Navy to procure aircraft carriers with a strategy it dubs 2-3-4: two ship carrier block buys with three years of advance procurement (AP) and four years between ship procurement. According to a Newport News Shipbuilding executive, the company believes this strategy is needed to sustain a “stable, predictable and consistent cadence” of carriers with the company’s industrial base, the executive told reporters Monday ahead of the Surface Navy Association annual symposium. The executive said…

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