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Carrier Elevator Test Site Will Procure New Elevator, Ford Accepts Second Elevator

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Carrier Elevator Test Site Will Procure New Elevator, Ford Accepts Second Elevator
Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Mitchell McBride assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) weapons department, observes Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) upper stage no. 3. AWE no. 3 was accepted by the ship on February 14, the second elevator accepted on the ship. Ford is undergoing a post-shakedown availability at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy will procure a new ship-representative advanced weapons elevator (AWE) for the land-based test site for Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier elevators while the Ford has accepted its second elevator. Last Month, Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, commander of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), told reporters the Navy decided to build a test site for the AWEs in Philadelphia several years ago and would start once it buys the original AWE prototype (Defense Daily, Feb. 20). NAVSEA spokesperson Bill Couch…

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