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Navy ships face growing maintenance delays, costs, watchdog reports
While maintenance delays, casualty reports and parts cannibalization have increased in the surface fleet, days underway have decreased.
Why the Navy thinks the carrier Gerald R. Ford will work after all
The combination punch of good news at the Senate Armed Services' Seapower Subcommittee included testimony that the Navy has recorded significant cost savings during the building of the John F. Kennedy, the next Ford-class carrier, and is prepping to purchase two similar flattops in Fiscal Year 2020.
By Mark D. Faram
Report: EMALS might not be ready for the fight
A January assessment from the Navy's operational testing and evaluation arm warns that the new electromagnetic jet launch system aboard the Gerald R. Ford is having issues.
EMALS works! Carrier Ford completes first flight operations
Off the coast of Norfolk Friday, the Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford, conducted the first-ever at-sea test of the ship's two new electromagnetic flight deck systems.
By Mark D. Faram