Jennifer Boykin, president of Newport News Shipbuilding and executive vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries,discusses the US Navy’s two-ship Ford-class aircraft carrier buy, how much such a block buy would save, lessons learned from building past carriers and more during a wide-ranging, April 11, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2018 Sea-Air-Space Symposium outside of Washington. Our coverage was sponsored by Fincantieri Marine Group, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.
