Navy CVN-77 and CVX Aircraft Carrier Programs: Background and Issues for Congress


 

Publication Date: July 1998

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Military and defense

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For FY1999, the Administration is requesting funding for both CVN-77, a modified Nimitz (CVN-68) class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be procured in FY2001, and the CVX, an aircraft carrier planned for procurement in FY2006 that will be a further-evolved version of the Nimitz-class design. Issues for Congress to consider include FY1999 research and development funding for the two ships and the merits of the Navy's plan to incrementally evolve the Nimitz-class design.