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Trump's Navy secretary bet his job on getting a critical supercarrier weapon system to work. The Navy says it won't be ready in time
The weapons elevators move bombs and missiles from armored magazines to the flight deck, where crew…
Ryan Pickrell
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The US Navy is asking for outside help because it still hasn't figured out how to fix its $13 billion supercarriers
The advanced weapons elevators on the Ford-class carriers are designed to move 20,000 pounds of mun…
Ryan Pickrell
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The Navy's newest aircraft carrier got a long-missing piece of gear in December, helping solve a problem the Navy secretary has bet his job on fixing
"He said, should we go back to steam? I said, 'Well Mr. President, really look at what we're lookin…
Christopher Woody
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The US Navy says its new carrier only needed a fraction of the repairs required the last time a flattop did 'shock trials' 34 years ago
Those trials and other developments aboard USS Gerald R. Ford indicate that the carrier is finally …
Benjamin Brimelow
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Only 3 of the 11 advanced weapons elevators on the $13 billion USS Gerald R. Ford are ready, and the carrier is going to deploy years behind schedule
Even as the service works to sort out the remaining problems on its carrier - now billions of dolla…
Ryan Pickrell
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The US Navy fixed the propulsion problems on its $13 billion supercarrier, but the ship still has serious issues
While the completion of the work on the Ford's power plant moves the ship closer to returning to se…
Ryan Pickrell
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The USS Gerald R. Ford is setting sail after a 'challenging' 15 months in the shipyard - here's what's next for this $13 billion aircraft carrier
The Ford's crew and industry shipbuilding engineers will work together to validate systems that wer…
Ryan Pickrell
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The Navy's newest carrier, once criticized as a 'floating barge,' may be ready for action sooner than expected
After years of delays, cost overruns, and technological glitches, it's much smoother sailing for th…
Courtney Mabeus
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Lawmaker says the US Navy's failings on its new $13 billion supercarrier 'ought to be criminal'
"The Ford was awarded to a sole-source contractor," which was asked to incorporate immature technol…
Ryan Pickrell
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The US Navy's top admiral admits they crammed too much new tech onto their new aircraft carrier
"We had 23 new technologies on that ship, which quite frankly increased the risk … right from the g…
Benjamin Brimelow
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The Navy's top civilian official says the aircraft carrier Ford's weapons elevator 'disaster' is back 'on track'
"We're hearing feedback from the pilots now that because of this decision to move the island back f…
Christopher Woody
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The newest US aircraft carrier is heading for deployment after a decade of hard lessons the Navy says it should 'never' do again
After years of struggles with a new design and technology, the first-in-class carrier USS Gerald R.…
Christopher Woody
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Navy secretary says it was a 'gut blow' when shipbuilder HII finally revealed the seriousness of the problems with the USS Gerald R. Ford's weapons elevators
"Most things have gone very well," HII said. "Some of the newer technologies have been more challen…
Ryan Pickrell
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We toured the largest aircraft carrier in the world - which can house more than 75 aircraft but doesn't have urinals
It has an improved hull design and weapons stowage, a new weapons elevator, more flight deck space,…
Daniel Brown
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The Navy pulled off 22 aircraft landings in just over 26 minutes in a demanding test of gear for its new supercarriers
The recent testing involved five F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, 25 maintainers from Carrier Air Wing 8 (C…
Ryan Pickrell
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Trump was fixated on the Navy's new supercarrier and ranted to military leaders that the ship 'just doesn't look right': book
"I have an eye for aesthetics," President Donald Trump said while ruffling his hair, according to W…
Sonam Sheth,Ryan Pickrell
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Watch shipbuilders place the final 780-ton piece of the flight deck for the US Navy's next $11 billion supercarrier
The USS John F. Kennedy will be the Navy's second Ford-class aircraft carrier after the USS Gerald …
Ryan Pickrell
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The Navy secretary made Trump a high-stakes promise: A major problem with the Navy's new carrier will be fixed 'or you can fire me'
The start of the post-shakedown period was delayed by another defect, and it was extended from eigh…
Christopher Woody
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After another Trump rant and a 'new' milestone, the US's newest aircraft carrier is a week closer to seeing action
The US Navy quietly declared its newest carrier ready for operations in December, but officials did…
Christopher Woody
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The US Navy set off a 40,000-pound explosive to see how its new supercarrier would hold up in a fight
The massive explosion triggered about 100 miles off the coast of Florida registered a 3.9 on the Ri…