The Navy had expected to have the ship delivered in 2014 at a cost of $10.5 billion. “An EA-6B Prowler, assigned to the "Rooks" of Electronic Warfare Squadron One Three Seven (VAQ-137), catches one of four arresting wires on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN- 65). The Ford program also provides yet another example of the dangers of the Navy’s and industry’s end-running the rigorous combat testing that is essential to ensuring our fighting men and women go to war with equipment that works. The moment was meant to symbolize his commitment to rebuilding the military, but it also positioned the President in front of a monument to the Navy’s and defense industry’s ability to justify spending billions in taxypayer dollars on unproven technologies that often deliver worse performance at a higher cost. Ford, as a backdrop to unveil his vision for the next defense budget in March 2017. President Trump used the Navy’s next generation aircraft carrier, the CVN-78 USS Gerald R.
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