Transportation Industry
Transformation: maybe its actually starting! (Military Shipbuilding).
Marine Log, March, 2003
In a Pentagon briefing on the Bush Administration's FY2004 budget request, DoD Comptroller Dov Zakheim called shipbuilding a "good news" story for the department. In fiscal 2004, $12.2 billion is budgeted for procurement of seven ships--up sharply from $9.5 billion and five ships in FY 2003. Through fiscal 2009, the department plans on at least seven ships a year. In fiscal 2008 and 2009, the numbers jump to nine and 14. That is when a new class, the littoral combat ship, or LCS, is scheduled to enter service.
CVN-21: The budget includes $1.5 billion for the planned 2007 aircraft carrier, which has been upgraded to the CVN-21 design--whose innovations include an enhanced flight deck, a new nuclear power plant, allowance for future technologies, and reduced...
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