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Congress

Navy, McCain Clash Over First Ford-Class Carrier

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

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Navy, McCain Clash Over First Ford-Class Carrier

The U.S. Navy and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) offered sharply different assessments of the first Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN-78) July 12, with the Navy touting the ship’s “significant progress” and the powerful lawmaker blasting the program’s latest delay.As of June, the CVN-78 was 98 percent complete and had finished 89 percent of its shipboard testing, according to a statement from Capt. Thurraya Kent, a Navy spokeswoman. In addition, testing of the new electromagnetic aircraft launching system (EMALS) wrapped up in…

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