The Navy's first-in-class aircraft carrier Gerald Ford (CVN-78) will miss the service's goal to certify all of the ship's 11 elevators by this month, but has started its full ship shock trial phase on schedule. Navy spokesman Alan Baribeau told Inside Defense via email Friday that seven of the ship's elevators have been certified, and over 15,000 elevator cycles had been performed by the crew. Two of the remaining elevators -- lower stage elevators two and three -- have...
