Sepalangoang sa lifofane USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) se tsamaisoa ke likepe tse hulang nokeng ea James nakong ea phetoho ea sekepe ka la 17 Hlakubele 2019 Gerald R. Ford hajoale e ntse e fumaneha ka mor'a ho sisinyeha ha Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News ShipBuilding. .Setšoantšo sa US Navy.

Ha USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) e tloha Newport News Shipbuilding bohareng ba October, ke tse ling feela tsa Advanced Weapons Elevators tsa eona tse tla sebelisoa ha Navy e ntse e tsoela pele ho thatafalloa ho etsa hore sekepe se sebelisoe, molaoli oa thepa ea Navy James Geurts o boletse Laboraro.

Ford e tla khutlisetsa Lebotho la Metsing ka palo e sa boleloang ea Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) e sebetsang ha e tlohela ho fumaneha ha eona ka mor'a ho shakedown (PSA).Lebotho la Metsing le ntse le sebetsa ho lokisa bothata ba propulsion bo fumanoeng nakong ea liteko tsa leoatle, boo selemong se fetileng se ileng sa etsa hore Ford e khutlele boema-kepeng pele ho PSA ea eona e reriloeng.

"Hajoale re ntse re sebetsa le likepe mabapi le hore na li lifte tseo re hlokang ho ba le tsona li feletse joang hore li tsebe ho etsa mosebetsi oohle ka Mphalane, 'me bakeng sa mosebetsi o mong le o mong o sa etsoang, re tla etsa mosebetsi oo joang. ha nako e ntse e ea, ”ho boletse Geurts nakong ea puisano ea boralitaba ka Laboraro.

Geurts o ne a le Newport News Shipbuilding ho shebella basebetsi ba jareteng ba theolela sehlekehleke holim'a mokatong oa boemo ba bobeli ba John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), e reretsoeng ho kolobetsoa hamorao selemong sena.PSA ea Ford e etsahala jareteng ea Newport News haufi le sebaka sa kaho sa Kennedy.

Lilifi tse ka har'a Ford ke lintho tsa ho qetela tse hlokang mosebetsi, ho boletse Geurts.Lilifithi tse peli ho tse 11 li phethiloe, 'me mosebetsi ho tse robong tse setseng o ntse o tsoela pele.Ford e tla tloha Newport News ka Mphalane, Geurts o boletse, a hlalosa ho itokisa ha eona nakong e tlang ho latela letsatsi lena la ho tloha.

"Re tlameha ho koetlisa basebetsi le ho fumana mangolo a basebetsi, ho senya sekepe se seng kaofela, ebe re nka lithuto tseo re ithutileng tsona 'me ... re li tšele ka har'a moralo ona" bakeng sa sehlopha kaofela sa Ford, Geurts o boletse."Kahoo leano la rona la sekepe se etellang pele le paka mahlale ohle ebe re fokotsa ka potlako nako le litšenyehelo le ho rarahana ho li kenya likepeng tse latelang."

Ford e reretsoe ho romelloa ka 2021.Kemiso ea nako ea mantlha e ne e kenyelletsa ho phethela PSA lehlabuleng lena ebe ho qeta nako e setseng ea 2019 le 2020 ho lokisa basebetsi hore ba e sebelise.

Leha ho le joalo, nakong ea bopaki ka pel'a Congress ka March, Geurts o phatlalalitse hore letsatsi la ho qeta ho fumaneha ha Ford le ntse le khutlisetsoa morao ho October ka lebaka la mathata a lifti, bothata ba tsamaiso ea tsamaiso le mosebetsi ka kakaretso.Eo e neng e le PSA ea likhoeli tse 12 e se e le likhoeli tse 15.Hona joale Navy e na le kemiso ea nako e bonahalang e bulehile ea ho lokisa li-AWE tsa Ford.

Li-AWE ke karolo ea bohlokoa ea ho etsa hore likoloi tsa Ford li be kotsi le ho feta ka ho eketsa sekhahla sa mefuta ea lifofane ka liperesente tse 25 ho isa ho tse 30 ha li bapisoa le tsa sehlopha sa Nimitz.Mathata a software a lilifti ho Ford a li sitisitse ho sebetsa ka nepo.

Sesole sa Metsing ha se bue haholo ka ho qaqisa bothata ba Ford's propulsion, e kenyelletsang lijenereithara tse kholo tsa sekepe tse tsamaisoang ke mouoane o hlahisoang ke li-reactor tse peli tsa nyutlelie tsa Ford.Li-reactors li sebetsa kamoo ho lebelletsoeng.Leha ho le joalo, li-turbine li hloka ntlafatso e sa lebelloang le e pharaletseng, mehloli e tloaelaneng le tokiso e bolelletse USNI News.

"Mabaka ana a mararo kaofela - ho etsa litokiso ho setsi sa matla a nyutlelie seo re se hlokometseng nakong ea liteko tsa leoatle, ho lekana le boima ba mosebetsi o teng ka mor'a ho sisinyeha le ho qeta lilifti - kaofela li ntse li tsoela pele ka nako e le 'ngoe," Geurts o boletse nakong ya bopaki ba Hlakubele.“Kahoo, Mphalane hajoale ke khakanyo ea rona e ntlehali.Likepe tsena li tsebisitsoe ka seo.Ka mor'a moo, ba ntse ba sebetsa molemong oa bona oa ho phahamisa terene. ”

Ben Werner ke sengoli sa basebetsi bakeng sa USNI News.O sebelitse e le sengoli se ikemetseng Busan, Korea Boroa, hape e le sengoli se sebetsanang le thuto le lik'hamphani tse rekisoang phatlalatsa bakeng sa The Virginian-Pilot e Norfolk, Va., The State newspaper in Columbia, SC, Savannah Morning News in Savannah, Ga. ., le Baltimore Business Journal.O fumane lengolo la bachelor ho tsoa Univesithing ea Maryland le lengolo la master ho tsoa Univesithing ea New York.