The White House announced on August 13, local time, that US President Trump has allowed the US Navy to build ships overseas and ordered the Navy to abandon the electromagnetic ejection system and re-use the steam ejection system when building new ships. The National Security Memorandum signed by Trump called for design changes to the “Ford” class aircraft carrier Ship 4 and abandoning the electromagnetic ejection system used by the first three ships. It is estimated that this design change will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

The White House announced on August 13, local time, that US President Trump has allowed the US Navy to build ships overseas and ordered the Navy to abandon the electromagnetic ejection system and re-use the steam ejection system when building new ships. The National Security Memorandum signed by Trump called for design changes to the “Ford” class aircraft carrier Ship 4 and abandoning the electromagnetic ejection system used by the first three ships. It is estimated that this design change will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.