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Ford Ahead On Maintenance, Reducing Work Needed After Shock Trials

Ford Ahead On Maintenance, Reducing Work Needed After Shock Trials
Eric Knight, an engineer with Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding Division grinds on advanced lower stage weapons elevator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on April 1, 2020 while the ship is underway in the Atlantic Ocean. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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…

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