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Ford_Prefect

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10. Along with recurring costs for updates and repairs to the initial installations which don't work now

Reply to Mika (Reply #8)

Mon Jul 25, 2016, 11:14 PM

Jul 2016

and which require extensive redesign, instigating phases 2 through 7 of cost over-runs through fiscal year 2025. These costs are noted in appendixes J through R in your serial cost over-run and price inflation guide: XFM-CVN-78 (series IV).

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