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Pentagon Tester Warns New Carrier Short On Air Sorties Goal

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Wednesday, January 29th, 2014

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Pentagon Tester Warns New Carrier Short On Air Sorties Goal

The Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) after launching in 2012. Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries

The Navy’s new aircraft carrier currently under construction is unlikely to meet the envisioned air sorties requirement, the Pentagon’s top weapons tester said in a report released Wednesday, adding that the goal appears to be historically high and based on “unrealistic assumptions.” The report by the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), said the sortie generation rate requirement--the number of aircraft launched and recovered per day--for the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of aircraft carriers does not account for things…

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