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Posted: April 16, 2014 1:43 PM
Continued Sequestration Would Delay New Carrier by Two Years
By RICHARD R. BURGESS, Managing Editor
ARLINGTON, Va. — Budget sequestration, if not modified by Congress, will delay the delivery of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy by two years and force the Navy to retire the carrier USS George Washington a half century early, leaving the nation with a 10-carrier fleet for the foreseeable future.
According to a Defense Department report, “Estimated Impacts of Sequestration-Level Funding,” released April 15, continuation of sequestration beyond 2015 also will trigger the lay-up of six Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers as well as the proposed lay-up of 11 Ticonderoga-class cruisers. A carrier air wing would be cut and the Navy would be forced to cancel procurement of eight ships over the next five years, including a Virginia-class attack submarine and three Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers with the new Air and Missile Defense Radar.
The cut of the submarine would reduce the attack submarine fleet to 40 boats by 2029.
The Navy has funded the mid-life defueling of George Washington, but will decide in the 2016 budget about infusing $6.3 billion for the refueling and overhaul of the now 21-year-old carrier.
Also, two F-35C Lightning II joint strike fighters would be cut from the 2016 budget and six P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft would be delayed until 2020.
Funding of ship and aircraft depot-level maintenance would drop from 80 percent of required funding to 70 percent, thereby increasing the maintenance backlog.
For the Marine Corps, the new CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter program would be delayed one year. Procurement of the MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft would continue, but at a slower rate, as would that of 11 AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters. F-35B Lightning II procurement would be left unaffected.
Development of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle and Joint Light Tactical Vehicle for the Marine Corps would be slowed. Funding of depot-level maintenance of vehicles would drop from 80 percent of requirements to only 57 percent.
The Marine Corps’ end strength would decline from the target of 182,000 Marines to 175,000.
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Here is a video of some construction progress.
http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.co...fac21f5865e33b
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Approx 90 of 445 superlifts have been fitted.
Video included: http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.co...kennedy-cvn-79
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Reportedly, CVN-79 is now 23 percent complete.
http://seapowermagazine.org/stories/20161102-cvn.html
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Kennedy is now 50% structurally complete.
http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.co...wer-stern-lift
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Originally posted by Gun Grape View PostI can see Carter getting a Sub. The other ones you mentioned didn't deserve a Carrier. FDR was the First Presidential CV. More Presidents get a Sub named after them that a Carrier.
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