U.S. Navy: ~$11.9B for design and steel of the Ford-class carrier CVN 80 (the next Enterprise) — a contract with Huntington Ingalls (USAspending)
The U.S. Navy awarded a contract for engineering efforts and steel for the Ford-class nuclear aircraft carrier CVN 80 (to be named the next "Enterprise") to carrier builder Huntington Ingalls. The value is about $11.9 billion ($11,894,554,725) — a large award for building a nuclear carrier, among the world's largest and most complex warships.
Contract key facts
- RecipientHuntington Ingalls
- Contract value$12,742,005,738 (≈$12.74B)
- BranchNavy
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
- Awarding sub-agencyDepartment of the Navy
- Award typeDEFINITIVE CONTRACT
- Period of performance2016-05-23 〜 2036-06-02
- Contract ID (PIID)N0002416C2116
Contract scope (original)
CVN 80 ENGINEERING EFFORTS AND STEEL
Key points
- U.S. Navy ordered engineering efforts and steel for the Ford-class nuclear carrier CVN 80
- Awarded to Huntington Ingalls (Newport News / a major carrier builder)
- Value ~$11.9B ($11,894,554,725), definitive contract, May 2016–Jun 2036 (multi-year cumulative)
- CVN 80 is the third Ford-class ship, named the next "Enterprise"
- A large award for building a nuclear carrier — among the largest, most complex warships
This contract funds engineering efforts and steel — the upstream work — for the Ford-class (Gerald R. Ford-class) nuclear carrier CVN 80, built at the Newport News shipyard.
CVN 80 is the third Ford-class ship and is known for carrying on the U.S. Navy's historic name "Enterprise." The Ford class is the newest nuclear carrier, succeeding the Nimitz class, with new technologies such as the electromagnetic catapult (EMALS). Nuclear carriers are among the world's largest and most complex warships and require many years from upstream work — design and steel procurement — to completion.
This contract represents construction of a giant platform, the aircraft carrier, within naval shipbuilding. Alongside submarines, it confirms that naval ship-related spending is among the top DoD contracts.
Why it matters
A read on the scale of building a giant platform — a nuclear carrier. Useful for shipbuilding and defense supply chains and for readers tracking U.S. naval power and security trends; that the amount is a multi-year cumulative figure is also a cue for reading defense spending.
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- USAspending (award details)
- Contract ID (PIID)：N0002416C2116