Future Aircraft Carrier Doris Miller Delayed by 2 Years
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Future Aircraft Carrier Doris Miller Delayed by 2 Years
One of the Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers is delayed by two years, stretching the schedule to build the future USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) out to 15 years, USNI News has learned. Carrier Doris Miller will now deliver to the Navy in February of 2034, according to the service’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget justification books. Last year’s books projected the ship’s delivery in February of 2032. “The CVN-81 delivery date shifted from February 2032 to…
It has recently become known that the construction of the future USS Doris Miller carrier (CVN-81) of the United States Navy again recorded delays, again extending the schedule for one of the ships belonging to the Gerald R. Ford class. According to the budget documents of fiscal year 2027 [...] The entry The construction of the future USS Doris Miller carrier of the U.S. Navy records new delays appears first in the Military Zone.
Future U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Doris Miller delayed to 2034
The revised timeline means construction of the carrier will take 15 years from the start of work through delivery to the Navy. The Navy said the delay was linked to shipyard construction limitations affecting module production for the vessel. “The CVN-81 delivery date shifted from February 2032 to February 2034 due to shipbuilder construction footprint constraints limiting their ability to build CVN-81 ship modules,” the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2027 …
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