
The Navy’s top acquisition official said maintenance work on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is ahead of schedule, which may allow the Navy to reduce work needed after shock trials. During the most recent window of opportunity, or WOO 10, of maintenance work in-port between at-sea periods, the Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] maintenance team accomplished 126 percent of the work it planned for the period ending on May 9, Assistant Secretary of the Navy James Geurts told…