The US Navy is reviewing the design and costs of Ford-class aircraft carriers.
Navy Secretary John Phelan told the media that the review will be complete by next month, calling it prudent and practical, aimed at ensuring that the basic design and technology are something that the Navy wants going forward.
The extensive review comes after President Donald Trump commented on the aircraft carrier’s magnetic catapult system, saying it did not work properly.
Reporters asked Phelan if future Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers could be cancelled, to which he replied, “It’s too early to say, but we will have carriers.”
The Navy made budget documents public, and in that, it did not list the Ford-class among the ships that the Navy plans to purchase.
The documents simply mentioned ‘aircraft carriers’, although other ships like the Columbia-class submarines and the Areligh Burke-Class destroyers were mentioned along with their class name.
However, navy officials have recently time and again praised the Ford-class design, in comparison to the
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