USS Gerald R. Ford underway on its own power for the first time in Newport News, Virginia, April 8, 2017. US Department of Defense
Business Insider: Even while tied up in port, the Navy's newest aircraft carrier is still testing its ability to fight
* In port this month, the Navy's newest aircraft carrier continued to hit milestones as it tests critical combat systems and exercises its flight deck.
* Sailors and contractors completed hull cleaning, inspection, and propeller polishing ahead of acoustic and special performance trials and assessed the functionality of spaces and equipment above decks.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completed the 12th of 18 windows of opportunity (WOO) for maintenance September 1, as part of her 18-month Post Delivery Test and Trials (PDT&T) phase of operations designed to test critical combat systems and exercise the flight deck, with the goal of ensuring the ship's overall deployment readiness.
During WOO 12, Ford's crew, in concert with Huntington Ingalls-Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) contractors, achieved various PDT&T milestones to include small boat operations, hull cleaning, Consolidated Operability Test (COT), and Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Combat Systems Readiness Assessment (C5RA).
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WNU Editor: Aside the PR. This aircraft carrier is still years behind schedule, and over budget.
