Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RS20643.pdf
Reviews the history and legislative authority for the building of aircraft carriers, the legal requirement that a minimum fleet of 11 carriers be maintained, the cost overruns, and how to finance the construction projects. Aircraft carriers are built at Newport News Shipbuilding, the only U.S. shipyard that can build large-deck, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
