More than three years after the newest -- and most expensive -- aircraft carrier was supposed to be delivered to the U.S. Navy with 11 working weapons elevators, it has crossed the halfway point in ...

The US Navy's next aircraft carrier is almost finished but faces challenges with its elevators, among other technology. The advanced weapons elevators were previously an issue on the first-in-class ...

This post has been updated to include additional statements from the Navy and from Sen. Jim Inhofe. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy Secretary has committed that the service and its industry partners will ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Navy says its newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has accepted its second advanced weapons elevator. The second elevator, AWE Upper Stage #3, was turned over to ...

Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said frustration regarding weapons elevators on the USS Gerald R. Ford stem from how senior leaders at Huntington Ingalls Industries communicated the problem, not the ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, closed out 2018 with the acceptance of the ship’s first advanced weapons elevator (AWE). The acceptance marks a ...

Full ship shock trials on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) are set to begin within weeks. Commissioned in 2017, but with key systems incomplete, U.S. Navy leaders have repeatedly ...

On Wednesday, the naval shipbuilders at Huntington Ingalls Industries HII handed over the 11 th and final advanced weapons elevator aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), clearing the way for America ...