The only change to the program that Congress insisted upon was instituting a legislative cost cap on the three ships in the program.
Congress shares responsibility for having approved the Department of Defense approach to acquiring these aircraft carriers.
The Ford-class program is currently estimated to be more than $6 billion over budget.
I wonder if maybe we should make that a standard procedure here in defense contracting.
It took almost 2 years after breaking the MDAP threshold for AAG to be elevated to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition.
Who made the decision to proceed with simultaneous design and production of the AAG even though problems with the water twister were discove...
It's my understanding that AT&L has decided to designate AAG as an MDAP category 1C, in which the Navy retains decision authority for the pr...
Significant questions still remain about the capability and reliability of the core systems of these aircraft carriers.
What are the Navy's updated plans to address limitations to the Nimitz-class arresting capability that led it to be part of the AAG business...
$40 billion that was spent on programs that never became reality. That is not an acceptable system or situation.
Why was the AAG program not designated as a program of special interest, given its criticality to meeting approved carrier requirements?