Huntington Ingalls exec: Remaining Ford elevators to be certified by April 2022

By Aidan Quigley / August 2, 2021 at 3:28 PM
(Clarification: This story has been updated to better reflect the timing of work on the elevators and the Ford’s planned incremental availability with information provided by Huntington Ingalls and comments made by the program office .) Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries plans on completing the testing, certification and turnover of the final four elevators for the first-in-class aircraft carrier Gerald Ford (CVN-78) by the end of the year, according to a company executive. Jennifer Boykin, the president of Huntington Ingalls'...

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