Lub dav hlau thauj khoom USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) yog maneuvered los ntawm cov nkoj hauv James River thaum lub sijhawm tig lub nkoj hloov zuj zus thaum Lub Peb Hlis 17, 2019 Gerald R. Ford tab tom tab tom ua haujlwm tom qab muaj kev cuam tshuam ntawm Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding .US Navy yees duab.

Thaum USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) tawm Newport Xov Xwm Shipbuilding nyob rau hauv nruab nrab Lub Kaum Hli, tsuas yog qee qhov ntawm nws Cov Riam Phom Siab Zoo yuav siv tau raws li Navy tseem tawm tsam ua kom lub nkoj xa mus, Navy tus thawj coj James Geurts tau hais rau hnub Wednesday.

Lub Ford yuav xa rov qab mus rau Navy nrog tus lej tsis tau teev tseg ntawm Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) ua haujlwm thaum nws tawm ntawm nws qhov muaj tom qab shakedown (PSA).Lub Navy tseem tab tom ua haujlwm los kho qhov teeb meem propulsion nrhiav pom thaum lub sijhawm sim dej hiav txwv, uas ib xyoos dhau los ua rau Ford rov qab mus rau qhov chaw nres nkoj ua ntej nws tau teem caij PSA.

"Peb tab tom ua haujlwm tam sim no nrog lub nkoj ntawm lub elevator dab tsi peb yuav tsum tau ua kom tiav kom lawv tuaj yeem siv tau tag nrho cov haujlwm nyob rau lub Kaum Hli, thiab rau ib qho ntawm cov haujlwm uas tsis ua tiav, peb yuav ua li cas feather uas ua haujlwm hauv. dhau sijhawm, "Geurts tau hais thaum lub sijhawm tshaj tawm xov xwm hnub Wednesday.

Geurts tau nyob ntawm Newport News Shipbuilding los saib cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm lub vaj txo cov kob mus rau lub lawj ntawm ob-hauv-chav kawm John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), uas yog slated rau christening tom qab xyoo no.Ford's PSA tau tshwm sim ntawm Newport News yard ze Kennedy qhov chaw tsim kho.

Lub elevator nyob hauv Ford yog cov ntsiab lus kawg uas yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm, Geurts tau hais.Ob ntawm 11 lub elevator tau ua tiav, thiab ua haujlwm rau cuaj qhov tseem ceeb txuas ntxiv mus.Ford yuav tawm Newport Xov Xwm thaum Lub Kaum Hli, Geurts tau hais tias, piav qhia nws qhov kev npaj ua ntej yog nyob ntawm hnub tawm mus no.

"Peb yuav tsum tau cob qhia cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab tau txais cov neeg ua haujlwm tau ntawv pov thawj, tawm ntawm lub nkoj ntxiv, thiab tom qab ntawd coj tag nrho cov kev kawm tau kawm thiab ... muab lawv tso rau hauv qhov tsim qauv no" rau lwm chav kawm Ford, Geurts tau hais."Yog li peb lub tswv yim ntawm lub nkoj coj ua pov thawj tawm tag nrho cov thev naus laus zis thiab tom qab ntawd txo lub sijhawm thiab tus nqi thiab qhov nyuaj kom tau txais lawv ntawm cov nkoj taug qab."

Ford tau teem sijhawm rau kev xa tawm xyoo 2021.Lub sijhawm tseem ceeb suav nrog ua tiav PSA lub caij ntuj sov no thiab tom qab ntawd siv sijhawm so ntawm 2019 thiab 2020 kom cov neeg coob npaj xa mus.

Txawm li cas los xij, thaum ua pov thawj ua ntej Congress nyob rau lub Peb Hlis, Geurts tshaj tawm Ford lub sijhawm ua tiav hnub tau raug thawb rov qab rau Lub Kaum Hli vim tias muaj teeb meem of the elevator, teeb meem propulsion system thiab tag nrho cov haujlwm.Dab tsi yog 12-hli PSA tam sim no ncab mus rau 15 lub hlis.Tam sim no Navy muaj lub sijhawm zoo li qhib-kawg los kho Ford's AWs.

Cov AWes yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm kev ua rau Ford-chav tsheb thauj neeg mob ntau dua los ntawm kev ua kom lub dav hlau sib txawv ntawm 25 mus rau 30 feem pua ​​​​piv rau Nimitz-class aircraft carriers.Software teeb meem nrog lub elevator ntawm Ford tau ua rau lawv tsis ua haujlwm raug.

Lub Navy tau tsis tshua muaj suab nrov hauv kev piav qhia txog qhov teeb meem nrog Ford lub propulsion, uas cuam tshuam nrog lub nkoj lub ntsiab turbine generators uas tau tsav los ntawm cov chav ua los ntawm Ford ob lub nuclear reactors.Cov reactors ua haujlwm raws li qhov xav tau.Txawm li cas los xij, cov turbines xav tau kev kho dua tshiab uas tsis tau xav txog thiab nthuav dav, cov peev txheej paub txog kev kho dua tshiab hais rau USNI Xov Xwm.

"Tag nrho peb ntawm cov laj thawj tseem ceeb - ua qhov kev hloov kho rau lub tshuab hluav taws xob nuclear uas peb tau sau tseg thaum lub sijhawm sim dej hiav txwv, haum rau txhua qhov kev ua haujlwm tom qab shakedown muaj thiab ua tiav cov elevator - lawv txhua tus muaj kev sib tw tib lub sijhawm," Geurts tau hais thaum lub Peb Hlis ua tim khawv."Yog li, Lub Kaum Hli tam sim no yog peb qhov kev kwv yees zoo tshaj plaws.Lub nkoj tau ceeb toom txog qhov ntawd.Lawv tab tom ua haujlwm ntawd rau hauv lawv lub voj voog tsheb ciav hlau tom qab. "

Ben Werner yog tus kws sau ntawv rau USNI Xov Xwm.Nws tau ua haujlwm ua tus kws sau ntawv ywj pheej hauv Busan, Kaus Lim Qab Teb, thiab ua ib tus neeg ua haujlwm sau ntawv suav nrog kev kawm thiab kev lag luam pej xeem cov tuam txhab rau The Virginian-Pilot hauv Norfolk, Va., Lub Xeev cov ntawv xov xwm hauv Columbia, SC, Savannah Morning News hauv Savannah, Ga ., thiab Baltimore Business Journal.Nws tau kawm tiav bachelor's degree los ntawm University of Maryland thiab kawm tiav qib siab los ntawm New York University.