Carrier Ford May Not Deploy Until 2024, 3rd Weapons Elevator Certified
CAPITOL HILL — USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) may not be ready to deploy until 2024, further complicating the Navy’s…
Carrier Ford Will Likely Have Only Two Weapon Elevators Ready When it Leaves Shipyard
This post has been updated with additional information from the Navy. Later this month, USS Gerald Ford (CVN-78) will depart Huntington…
T-45C Goshawk Trainers On Track To Qualify For Landing On Ford-Class Carriers
This post was updated to say the 60 Goshawk arrested landings at the Runway Arrested Landing Site (RALS) occurred in…
USS Harry S. Truman Suffers Major Electrical Malfunction, Raising Questions About Upcoming Deployment
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is experiencing a malfunction of the ship’s electrical distribution system ahead of an…
Navy to Update 2 Dry Docks to Accommodate Ford-Class Carriers
Only one of the Navy’s 18 dry docks used for maintaining the nuclear-powered carrier fleet can support a Ford-class carrier,…
Inhofe Takes Aim at Ford-Carrier Program Failures; CNO Nominee Gilday Promises Navy Will Do Better
This post has been updated to include additional information from the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. CAPITOL HILL – Vice…
Navy Says More Experts Coming to Work Ford Carrier Elevator Delays
Conceding not all Advanced Weapons Elevators will be operational before USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) leaves an extended post-shakedown availability,…
Nimitz and Ford Carriers Need Upgrades to Deploy With F-35Cs
This post has been updated with additional information from the Navy. The service has one aircraft carrier able to deploy…
Congress Unhappy With Ford-Class Inability to Deploy With F-35 Fighters
CAPITOL HILL – The Navy’s newest aircraft carriers are being delivered without the capability to deploy with the service’s most…
Navy Building a Land-Based Test Site for Ford-Class Weapons Elevators, But Timing Won’t Help CVN-78
The Navy is building a ground-based test site for the weapons elevators currently going through a difficult installation and certification…