House and Senate conferees have granted the Navy waiver authority to postpone shock trials for the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). "The House recedes with an amendment that would provide Secretary of Defense with waiver authority to delay full ship shock trials on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) until after the ship's first deployment but prior to the first major maintenance availability," according to the conference report on the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill released Sept. 29...
