America’s Troubled New Aircraft Carrier Will Finally Go On Its First Deployment Next Year
After multiple issues and delays, the USS Gerald R. Ford is now set to go to sea for its maiden deployment in 2022
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Navy’s Newest Carrier Needs Critical Updates To Launch And Recover Aircraft With Certain Loadouts
The service still needs to conduct additional testing so that the ship can operate F/A-18E/Fs and EA-18Gs in any configuration.
Navy’s New Carrier Still Can’t Reliably Get Planes In The Air Or Safely Back On The Deck
The Navy’s newest and most advanced carrier can’t make it through a day of operations, on average, without a launch and recovery system failure.
Shock Trials or No, the Navy’s Newest Supercarrier Is Still an Unreliable Debacle
The service wants to put off critical testing for years, but a recent Pentagon report says the USS Ford barely works in optimal conditions.
The US Navy’s Newly Delivered Supercarrier Still Needs a Ton of Work
The service admits there’s still much work to be done and its unclear when the ship will actually be combat ready.