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Each Variant Affects Force Sortie Generation

• A CVN 8X, a descoped Ford-class carrier, offers similar warfighting capability to that of the Ford-class carrier.
• A CVN LX offers an integrated, current air wing with capabilities near current levels but with less organic mission endurance for weapons and aviation fuel.
• The CV LX, which is a version of the LHA 6 platforms, might be a low-risk, alternative pathway for the Navy to reduce carrier costs if such a variant were procured in greater numbers than the current carrier shipbuilding plan.
• The smallest concept variant reviewed, the CV EX, does not provide either a significant capacity or an integrated air wing.

Each Variant Affects Cost

• A CVN 8X might generate fewer sorties than the Ford class and might only incrementally reduce overall platform cost.
• A CVN LX concept would allow considerable savings across the ship's service life.
• A CV LX could potentially reduce overall construction costs if it allowed for reduced carrier numbers were reduced.
• A CV EX is not practical at all without considerable revision of Navy warfighting concept of operations.