Mutakuri wendege USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) inofambiswa nematugboats muRwizi rwaJames panguva yekushanduka kwechikepe musi waKurume 17, 2019 Gerald R. Ford parizvino iri kuita post-shakedown kuwanikwa kuHuntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. .Mufananidzo weUS Navy.

Kana USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) ichibva kuNewport News Shipbuilding pakati paGumiguru, zvimwe chete zveAdvanced Weapons Elevators zvichashandiswa sezvo Navy inoramba ichinetseka mukuita kuti ngarava iendeke, mukuru weNavy acquisition James Geurts akadaro Chitatu.

Ford ichadzorera kuNavy ine nhamba isina kutaurwa yeAdvanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) inoshanda kana ichisiya kuwanikwa kwayo kwemashure-shakedown (PSA).Mauto eNavy ari kushandawo kugadzirisa dambudziko rekufambisa rakawanikwa panguva yekuyedzwa kwegungwa, iro gore rapfuura rakaita kuti Ford idzokere kuchiteshi pamberi pePSA yayo yakarongwa.

“Isu tiri kushanda nechikwata ichi kuti ndezvipi ma elevator atinoda kuti ave akakwana kuitira kuti vagokwanisa kuita basa rose muna Gumiguru, uye chero basa ripi zvaro risati raitwa, tichabata sei basa iri. nekufamba kwenguva,” akadaro Geurts pamusangano wevatori venhau neChitatu.

Geurts akanga ari kuNewport News Shipbuilding kuti aone vashandi vari pachivanze vachidzikisa chitsuwa ichienda kunzvimbo yechipiri-mu-kirasi John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), iyo yakarongerwa kubhabhatidzwa gare gare gore rino.Ford's PSA irikuitika pachivanze cheNewport News padhuze nenzvimbo yekuvaka yeKennedy.

Ma lifti ari muFord zvinhu zvekupedzisira zvinoda basa, akadaro Geurts.Maviri ezvikwiriso gumi nerimwe anopedzwa, uye basa pamapfumbamwe asara rinoenderera mberi.Ford ichasiya Newport News muna Gumiguru, Geurts akadaro, achitsanangura kugadzirira kwayo ramangwana kunoenderana nezuva rekusimuka iri.

"Tinofanira kudzidzisa vashandi uye kuti vashandi vapihwe certificate, kufambisa ngarava yese, tobva tatora zvidzidzo zvese zvadzidzwa uye ... tozvidurura mune yese yedhizaini iyi" kune vamwe vese vekirasi yeFord, Geurts akadaro."Saka zano redu rengarava inotungamira rinoratidza matekinoroji ese uye nekukasira kuderedza nguva uye mutengo uye kuoma kunzwisisa kuti vazviise mungarava dzinotevera."

Ford yakarongerwa kuendeswa muna 2021.Yekutanga nguva yaisanganisira kupedzisa PSA zhizha rino uyezve kushandisa mamwe 2019 na2020 kugadzirira vashandi kugadzirira kutumira.

Nekudaro, panguva yeuchapupu pamberi peCongress muna Kurume, Geurts akazivisa kuti Ford yekupedza kuwanikwa kwairi kudzoserwa muna Gumiguru nekuda kwematambudziko erifiti, dambudziko repropulsion system uye kuwanda kwebasa rose.Chii chaive mwedzi gumi nemiviri PSA yave kutambanudzira kusvika kumwedzi gumi nemishanu.Iye zvino Navy ine nguva inoratidzika yakavhurika-yakapera kugadzirisa maFord's AWEs.

MaAWEs chikamu chakakosha chekuita kuti vatakuri veFord-class vawedzere kuuraya nekuwedzera chiyero chechizvarwa chendege ne25 kusvika 30 muzana zvichienzaniswa nevatakuri vendege dzeNimitz.Matambudziko eSoftware ane maelevator paFord akavatadzisa kushanda nemazvo.

Mauto eNavy haana kutaura zvakanyanya mukutsanangura dambudziko rekufambiswa kweFord, iro rinosanganisira majenareta makuru emungarava anofambiswa nemhepo inogadzirwa nenyukireya mbiri dzeFord.Mareactors ari kushanda sezvaanotarisirwa.Nekudaro, ma turbines anoda kusatarisirwa uye kuwedzeredza kuwedzeredzwa, masosi ane ruzivo nekugadzirisa akaudza USNI News.

"Zvese zvitatu zvezvikonzero izvi - kugadzira zvigadziriso kugwenya remagetsi enyukireya zvatakacherekedza panguva yekuyedzwa kwegungwa, zvinokodzera zvese zvekuwanikwa kwemashure ekuzunza uye kupedza ma lifti - ese ari kufamba panguva imwe chete," Geurts akadaro panguva yehuchapupu hwaMarch.“Saka, Gumiguru izvozvi ndiyo fungidziro yedu yakanaka.Zvikepe zvakaziviswa nezvazvo.Vari kushanda izvi muchikamu chavo chekusimudzira chitima mushure mezvo. "

Ben Werner munyori wevashandi weUSNI News.Akashanda semunyori akazvimiririra muBusan, South Korea, uye semunyori wevashandi anofukidza dzidzo uye makambani akatengeswa pachena eThe Virginian-Pilot muNorfolk, Va., The State newspaper muColumbia, SC, Savannah Morning News muSavannah, Ga. ., uye Baltimore Business Journal.Akawana dhigirii reBachelor kubva kuYunivhesiti yeMaryland uye masters kubva kuNew York University.