
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Sea trials of the first Ford-class aircraft carrier are expected to begin this week by shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] followed by the Navy’s acceptance trials later this month, Navy officials said on Monday.The builder’s trials for the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) are expected to be followed two to three weeks later by the Navy’s sea trials and if all goes well the Navy expects to accept delivery of the new aircraft carrier, as early as late…