Navy will resume Ford testing in upcoming weeks, set commissioning date by end of calendar year

By Lee Hudson / November 2, 2016 at 4:03 PM
The Navy will resume testing the main turbine generators on the next-generation megacarrier Gerald R. Ford within the next couple of weeks and will set a commissioning date by the end of the calendar year, according to an official. Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, Naval Sea Systems Command chief, told reporters Nov. 2 during a roundtable at Washington Navy Yard the problem with the generators is isolated and not systemic to the power plant. NAVSEA is evaluating the root-cause analysis and...

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