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“This is a significant milestone for the Navy, ship, and her crew,” said Rear Adm. James P. Downey, program executive officer for aircraft carriers. “With completion of this final AWE (advanced weapons elevator), we now have the entire system to operate and train with.”
The last of USS Gerald R. Ford’s 11 weapons elevators, one of four major new technologies on the Navy’s newest carrier, has been formally delivered some 11 years after the original due date.
It has been a rocky road for the carrier, but the USS Gerald R. Ford is poised to enter service with the United States Navy despite several developmental hiccups.