The plan to move an aircraft carrier from Norfolk to Florida will not be carried out as the defense budget for fiscal 2013 does not include money for construction to support a carrier at Mayport.
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Category: Navy
CVN 78 to cost $811 million more
The U.S. Navy has allocated $811 million to cover projected cost overruns on aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford.
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Lockheed Martin: average cost of F-35 would go up
Lockheed Martin said the average cost of the F-35 would “go up somewhat” as the Pentagon postpone production of 179 jets.
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Royal Navy wants airships to resupply aircraft carriers
The Royal Navy is considering the purchase of airships to resupply its aircraft carriers and to provide surveillance.
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Boeing thinking of scaled-down P-8A
Jeff Kohler, vice president of Boeing Military Aircraft, said his company is thinking of integrating the P-8A’s mission system into a smaller platform.
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