
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy’s newest carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), is almost entirely complete and should go to sea for acceptance trials in August with delivery to follow sometime in early fall.Soup-to-nuts testing of the ship’s combat system, including its new dual-band radar, will begin this summer, Capt. Chris Meyer, program manager for the Ford at program executive office Carriers, said May 16 at the annual Sea Air Space conference here.Following that, the ship will undergo sea…