After years of delays, the most advanced aircraft carrier ever built is underway

Summary

This article by Eleanor Watson, writing for CBS News, makes the following points:

• The short deployment to the Atlantic is to test further the systems that delayed its debut.
• The carrier and its strike group will be on exercise with eight other nations.
• The vessel’s delays related to engineering and software issues stalled the certification of the weapons elevators and the catapults that launch aircraft off the carrier.
• The Ford is the most powerful warship the US Navy has ever put to sea and the most expensive warship in Navy history.

References

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• OCT 2022 USS Gerald R. Ford Departs For Its First Major Deployment—Naval News
• OCT 2022 USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, deploys for first time—Stars and Stripes

Source Information:

• Article Source: CBS News
• Media Check: CBS News - Media Bias Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)
• RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE, GUIDELINES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, ETC | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)