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26 June 2023
by Michael Fabey
The USN awarded HII a contract modification to fund the new delivery schedule for carrier
John F Kennedy
.
(Michael Fabey)
The US Navy (USN) awarded HII a USD274 million fixed-price incentive (firm target) modification and a USD119.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification for the Ford-class aircraft carrier,
John F Kennedy
(CVN 79), on 23 June to help fund the carrier’s new delivery schedule changes.
Officially, the contract modifications are meant to “improve capability at ship delivery, define unpriced change orders, and for additional engineering and integrated logistics support” for work on
John F Kennedy
at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding yard in Virginia, according to contract details released by the Pentagon.
The anticipated delivery date for
John F Kennedy
is being pushed back to help meet the new USN Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) plan for aircraft carriers. The service anticipates more operationally capable ships at delivery and there is no expected changes for vessel deployment or related operations, programme officials told
Janes
.
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