New carrier to cost $8 billion, not $13 billion, admiral says

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Rear Admiral David Architzel, program executive officer for aircraft carriers said that the criticism piled on the cost of the next generation VCN 21 air-craft carrier was unfair. He added that the ship would cost only $8 billion if the cost for the immense research and development needed to produce the lead ship of the VCN 21 class, is not included in the overall cost.

Financial management, Finance, Interview, Ships, Company financing, Admirals, Architzel, David

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Retiring carrier Kennedy early entails risks, CRS report says

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Retiring the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CV 67) would save a mere 4 percent of the $30 billion of military savings and would eliminate one of two non-nuclear carriers that might be based without protests in Japan. The various reasons as to why CVN 69 should be kept afloat and Kennedy should be retired are presented.

Japan, Management dynamics, International politics, Management, Military policy, Company business management, Kennedy, John F.

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DD(X), and Bath Iron, still face threats despite Congressional action

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A US Congressional action to save Bath Iron Works and to ensure it builds the DD(X) destroyer might inadvertently result in the demise of the whole ship construction program. The attempt to avoid awarding a winner-take-all contract that would save US$300 million per ship would end in making the whole venture unaffordable.

Product development, Shipbuilding & Repair, Shipbuilding industry, Bath Iron Works Corp., DD(X) guided missile destroyer (Ship)

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