Having finished total ship testing earlier this year, the Navy is looking for an opportunity to demonstrate the lead Ford-class carrier's sortie-generation rate, which has been delayed by the ship's deployment schedule. In February, the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) completed its Total Ship Survivability Trial -- the “most complex TSST executed to date and first on a CVN,” a Navy spokesperson told Inside Defense . While initially expected to occur in fiscal year 2025, a sortie-generation-rate demonstration for the ship...
