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CVN-78 Starts Post-Shakedown Availability To Install Remaining Combat Systems, Deferred Work

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CVN-78 Starts Post-Shakedown Availability To Install Remaining Combat Systems, Deferred Work
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) conducts post-delivery testing and trial operations in June 2018. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) started a year-long post-shakedown availability/selected restricted availability (PSA/SRA) upgrade and maintenance period on Saturday.CVN-78 first arrived at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding at Newport News, Va. on July 14. During the PSA/SRA, HII will install remaining combat systems, finish deferred work, and correct the remaining discrepancies identified during sea trials and the ship’s shakedown.The Navy said the “critical path” or largest set of events in the PSA/SRA…

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