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- The U.S. Navy is weighing a redesign of Ford-class carriers to match President Donald Trump’s WWII aesthetic, moving the command-center tower to the ship’s middle.
- Officials say the shift would add billions, delay construction, slow launches and increase turbulence.
- General Atomics warned that a 50 percent-complete switch, following a White House memo to revert another carrier’s EMALS to steam power, would raise cost and schedule risks on its $1.2 billion contract.
