USS Gerald R. Ford, CVN-78
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Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
Review raises doubts about launch capacity, other vital systems in new vessel
By Bryan Bender
Boston Globe, 2014-01-09
By Tony Capaccio
Bloomberg News, 2014-01-10
By: Adm. Stan Arthur, USN (Retired) and Capt. J. Talbot Manvel, USN (Retired)
USNI News, 2015-09-14
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A Problematic Test Schedule
To get the carrier force’s numbers back up, the Ford’s exceptionally long test plan can and should be questioned by Congress to get her into the Fleet and deployed as soon as possible. A simplified version of the proposed test plan to the Defense Department’s Office of Operational Test and Evaluation shows 29 underway periods or independent steaming events (ISEs) from 2016 through 2018 with time reserved through 2019 to possibly stretch the plan to 2020. That would be four years between commissioning and first deployment.
Enterprise, the first nuclear carrier, steamed to the Mediterranean and quickly returned to participate in the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, all within 12 months of commissioning. USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the first of its class, deployed within 11 months of commissioning, and the second of the class, Dwight D. Eisenhower, deployed within 14 months of commissioning. For all ten Nimitz-class carriers, the average was 21.5 months.
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Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing, 2015-10-01
Agenda
To receive testimony on the procurement, acquisition, testing, and oversight of the Navy’s Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier program.
Witnesses
Honorable Katrina G. McFarland
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) Department of Defense
Honorable Sean J. Stackley
Assistant Secretary, Research, Development & Acquisition Department of the Navy
Rear Admiral Donald E. Gaddis, USN
Program Executive Officer, Tactical Aircraft Department of the Navy
Rear Admiral Thomas J. Moore, USN
Program Executive Officer, Aircraft Carriers Department of the Navy
Rear Admiral Michael C. Manazir, USN
Director, Air Warfare (OPNAV)
Honorable J. Michael Gilmore
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation Department of Defense
Mr. Paul L. Francis
Managing Director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management U.S. Government Accountability Office
May Be a Thing of the Past
By: Megan Eckstein
U.S. Naval Institute, 2017-07-24
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
2014-01-09-Boston-Globe-reliability-problems-emerge-crucial-components-billion-aircraft-carrier-modern-catapult-for-planes-falls-short-initial-tests-uss-gerald-ford
Navy’s new $12b aircraft carrier beset with performance problemsReview raises doubts about launch capacity, other vital systems in new vessel
By Bryan Bender
Boston Globe, 2014-01-09
2014-01-10-Bloomberg-hagel-told-new-carrier-unlikely-to-meet-aircraft-goals
Hagel Told New Carrier Unlikely to Meet Aircraft GoalsBy Tony Capaccio
Bloomberg News, 2014-01-10
2015
2015-09-14-USNI-opinion-get-the-ford-carriers-to-the-fleet
Opinion: Get the Ford Carriers to the FleetBy: Adm. Stan Arthur, USN (Retired) and Capt. J. Talbot Manvel, USN (Retired)
USNI News, 2015-09-14
...
A Problematic Test Schedule
To get the carrier force’s numbers back up, the Ford’s exceptionally long test plan can and should be questioned by Congress to get her into the Fleet and deployed as soon as possible. A simplified version of the proposed test plan to the Defense Department’s Office of Operational Test and Evaluation shows 29 underway periods or independent steaming events (ISEs) from 2016 through 2018 with time reserved through 2019 to possibly stretch the plan to 2020. That would be four years between commissioning and first deployment.
Enterprise, the first nuclear carrier, steamed to the Mediterranean and quickly returned to participate in the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, all within 12 months of commissioning. USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the first of its class, deployed within 11 months of commissioning, and the second of the class, Dwight D. Eisenhower, deployed within 14 months of commissioning. For all ten Nimitz-class carriers, the average was 21.5 months.
...
2015-10-01-Senate-ASC-Hearing--procurement-acquisition-testing-and-oversight-of-the-navys-gerald-r-ford-class-aircraft-carrier-program
Procurement, Acquisition, Testing, and Oversight of the Navy’s Gerald R. Ford-class Aircraft Carrier ProgramSenate Armed Services Committee Hearing, 2015-10-01
Agenda
To receive testimony on the procurement, acquisition, testing, and oversight of the Navy’s Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier program.
Witnesses
Honorable Katrina G. McFarland
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) Department of Defense
Honorable Sean J. Stackley
Assistant Secretary, Research, Development & Acquisition Department of the Navy
Rear Admiral Donald E. Gaddis, USN
Program Executive Officer, Tactical Aircraft Department of the Navy
Rear Admiral Thomas J. Moore, USN
Program Executive Officer, Aircraft Carriers Department of the Navy
Rear Admiral Michael C. Manazir, USN
Director, Air Warfare (OPNAV)
Honorable J. Michael Gilmore
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation Department of Defense
Mr. Paul L. Francis
Managing Director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management U.S. Government Accountability Office
2017
2017-07-24-USNI-newly-commissioned-carrier-fords-leap-ahead-technology-approach-may-be-a-thing-of-the-past
Newly Commissioned Carrier Ford’s Leap-Ahead Technology ApproachMay Be a Thing of the Past
By: Megan Eckstein
U.S. Naval Institute, 2017-07-24
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