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Modly Starts Summit To Push CVN-78 Faster

Friday, January 10th, 2020

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Modly Starts Summit To Push CVN-78 Faster

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) gets underway for the first time on Oct. 25, 2019 after undergoing its post-shakedown availability that started in July 2018. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly convened a “Make Ford Ready” summit on Jan. 9 to help get the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) transitioned to fleet operations as fast as possible. Modly first called for the summit in December in a weekly memo, stressing that the Navy will make the newest aircraft carrier ready and work as “one team, relentlessly focused” to achieve tasks under rigid timelines. “While this is an 'all hands on deck' priority that can only be…

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