The Navy is progressing in testing across several ship programs, with advances that include the completion of key survivability testing for the lead Ford-class carrier. Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN-78) Total Ship Survivability Trial has been completed, according to Naval Sea Systems Command spokesperson Jamie Koehler. Meanwhile, sortie-generation rate and Ship Self-Defense System test events are scheduled for fiscal year 2025, Koehler added. The test events follow an eight-month deployment for CVN-78 in FY-24, a subsequent maintenance availability and cyber survivability...
