Trump's Navy secretary bet his job on getting a critical supercarrier weapon system to work. The Navy says it won't be ready in time.
- The advanced weapons elevators on the USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier are not going to be ready by the time the ship wraps up maintenance and is returned to the Navy this fall, according to the Navy acquisition chief.
- The elevators are critical pieces of technology that directly affect the aircraft sortie rate and overall lethality of the carrier.
- Not only is this another developmental setback amid rising costs on a $13 billion aircraft carrier already over budget, but... Читать дальше...