USS Doris Miller Steam Plan Could Cost Millions, Risk 2034 Delivery
USS Doris Miller is already being built around electromagnetic aircraft-launch equipment, but the Pentagon must now develop a plan to…
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USS Abraham Lincoln Heads Home After Reported Shortages Hit 5,000-Person Crew
A nuclear reactor can keep an aircraft carrier moving without conventional ship fuel, but it cannot produce soap, toothpaste, food,…
USS Doris Miller Steam Catapult Plan Risks Costly Redesign and Further Delays
USS Doris Miller is already in production around an electromagnetic aircraft-launch architecture, yet the Pentagon now has 60 days to…
USS Abraham Lincoln’s 200 Days at Sea Prompt Pentagon Review Request
More than 200 consecutive days at sea without a port call have triggered a request for independent scrutiny of the…
USS Doris Miller Steam-Catapult Plan Puts Half-Built $1.2 Billion Contract at Risk
A reliability-driven policy change could force the Navy to discard substantial completed work on the future USS Doris Miller. General…
Navy Budgets $562 Million as USS Nimitz Leaves Frontline Service
USS Nimitz can still sail and conduct flight operations, but the Navy will not send the 51-year-old nuclear-powered aircraft carrier…
USS Abraham Lincoln Hits Nine Months as Replacement Carrier Approaches
USS Abraham Lincoln’s deployment has reached nine months and counting, roughly three months beyond the six-month duration described as typical….
USS Doris Miller Redesign Plan Has No Cost or Revised Schedule
The future USS Doris Miller is now the subject of a potentially extensive systems reversal, but taxpayers and Navy planners…
USS Abraham Lincoln’s 250-Day Deployment Puts Crew Support Under Congressional Scrutiny
A carrier can remain operational while the systems supporting its people come under mounting pressure. That is the tension aboard…
USS John F. Kennedy Starts Navy Tests Ahead of March 2027 Delivery
USS John F. Kennedy has reached a critical test without yet reaching fleet readiness. The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier departed…