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Fifth CVN-78 Weapons Elevator Finished Testing, All Ready By Summer 2021 Shock Trials

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Fifth CVN-78 Weapons Elevator Finished Testing, All Ready By Summer 2021 Shock Trials
Personnel go over safety procedures for the Upper Stage 1 advanced weapons elevator (AWE) with sailors from USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) weapons department in Newport News, Va. in January. This was the first of 11 elevators delivered to the ship. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy’s top acquisition official recently said the first lower weapons elevator on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has finished testing and will soon be turned over to the crew while the full set of 11 elevators will be ready by next summer. "You’ll see an announcement coming up shortly on the first lower elevator. It’s cleared all of its testing and you’ll see an announcement very soon that it’s been certified and turned over to the crew,” Assistant…

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