
Austal USA started building aluminum aircraft elevators for the future Ford-class aircraft carriers Enterprise (CVN-80) and Doris Miller (CVN-81), the company announced on Wednesday. The company is fabricating two shipsets of elevators, consisting of three elevators per ship, for six elevators total at its module manufacturing facility (MMF) in Mobile, Ala. The elevator sets are planned to be finished by November 2024 and March 2025, respectively. “Austal USA is excited to begin construction on the CVN aircraft elevators. This opportunity…