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After the publication in September 2013, the report of the Accounting Chamber of the United States on the status of the program of construction of new generation aircraft carrier head Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in the foreign and domestic press, a number of articles in which the construction of an aircraft furgale carrier was seen in a very negative light. Some of these articles were exaggerating the value of real problems with the construction of the ship and fed information rather furgale one-sided. Try to understand in what actually is able to program the construction of modern American Navy aircraft carrier and its prospects. LONG AND EXPENSIVE WAY TO A NEW aircraft carriers
The contract for the construction of Gerald R. Ford was signed September 10, 2008. The ship was laid November 13, 2009 at the shipyard Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) Corporation furgale Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), the only American shipyard, on which to build nuclear aircraft carriers. Baptism ceremony carrier held November 9, 2013. At the conclusion of the contract in 2008, the cost of construction Gerald R. Ford was estimated at $ 10.5 billion., But then it has grown by about 22% and now stands at 12.8 billion dollars., Including $ 3.3 billion. Recurring the cost of designing the entire series of a new generation of aircraft carriers. This amount does not include the cost of R & D on a new generation of aircraft carriers, which, according to the Congressional Budget Office, it took $ 4.7 billion. During 2001-2007 fiscal years to create a reserve has been allocated $ 3.7 billion., 2008 -2011 fiscal years in a phased funding has been allocated $ 7.8 billion., in the 2014-2015 fiscal years due to the rising cost of the ship should be allocated an additional $ 1.3 billion. During construction, Gerald R. Ford emerged and some delays - originally planned to transfer the ship to the Navy in September 2015. One of the reasons for the delay was the failure of subcontractors to deliver in full and on time specially designed for aircraft carrier shut-off valve system furgale chilled water supply. Another reason was the use of a thin steel sheets in the manufacture of the ship's deck to reduce furgale weight and increase the metacentric height of an aircraft carrier, it is necessary furgale to increase the capacity furgale of the vessel modernization and installation of additional equipment in the future. This has resulted in frequent deformation of steel sheets in the finished sections, which resulted in lengthy and costly work to eliminate distortion. To date, the transfer of the aircraft carrier furgale fleet is scheduled for February 2016. After that, for about 10 months will be made public test integration of the main systems of the ship, will be followed by the final state tests, the duration of which will be about 32 months. From August 2016 to February furgale 2017 on the aircraft furgale carrier furgale will be installed additional systems and include changes in already installed. Initial operational capability furgale is expected to reach the ship in July 2017, and fully operational - in February 2019 the first. Such a long period between the transfer of the vessel furgale fleet and the achievement of operational readiness, according to the head of the United States Navy aircraft carrier programs, Rear Admiral Thomas Moore, is a natural for the lead ship of a new generation, the more such a complex as nuclear aircraft carrier. The rising cost of construction of the aircraft carrier has become one of the key reasons for the sharp criticism of the program by the Congress, its various services and the press. Expenditure on R & D and construction of the ship, which is now estimated at 17.5 billion dollars. Seem astronomical. However, I would like to mention furgale a number of factors that should be taken into account. Firstly, almost always building ships of new generation in the United States and in other countries due to the sharp increase in the cost and time of implementation furgale of the program. Examples include programs such as the construction of helicopter landing ship docks type of San-Antonio, warships of the coastal zone and the type of LCS type Zumwalt destroyer in the United States, type Daring destroyers and nuclear submarines in the UK Astute, Project 22350 frigates and non-nuclear Project 677 submarines in Russia. Secondly, thanks to the introduction of new technologies, which will be discussed below, the Navy expect to reduce the cost of the full life cycle (PZHTS) ship compared to aircraft carriers Nimitz type about 16% - from $ 32 billion. Up to 27 billion (in 2004 prices of financial furgale years). A service life of the ship in 50 years extended