Inqwelo-moya ethwala i-USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) iqhutywa zizikhephe ezirhuqwayo kuMlambo iJames ngexesha lokujika kwenqanawa nge-17 kaMatshi ngo-2019 uGerald R. Ford ngoku uphantsi kokufumaneka kwayo emva kokutshatyalaliswa eHuntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. .Ifoto yase-US Navy.

Xa i-USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) ishiya iNewport News Shipbuilding phakathi ku-Okthobha, kuphela ezinye ze-Advanced Weapons Elevators ziya kusetyenziswa njengoko uMkhosi weNavy uqhubeka nokuzabalaza ekwenzeni inqanawa ihanjiswe, umphathi we-Navy acquisition uJames Geurts uthe ngoLwesithathu.

I-Ford iya kubuyisela kwi-Navy kunye nenani elingachazwanga le-Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) esebenzayo xa ishiya ukufumaneka kwayo emva kwe-shakedown (PSA).Umkhosi wamanzi ukwasebenza ukulungisa ingxaki yokuqhubela phambili efunyenwe ngexesha lolingo lolwandle, eyathi kunyaka ophelileyo yabangela ukuba iFord ibuyele kwizibuko ngaphambi kwePSA yayo ecwangcisiweyo.

“Sisebenza ngoku kunye nomkhosi malunga nokuba zeziphi iikhetshi ekufuneka sizigqibile ukuze zikwazi ukwenza wonke umsebenzi ngo-Okthobha, kwaye nangawuphi na umsebenzi ongenziwanga, siza kuwenza njani umsebenzi ngokuhamba kwexesha,” utshilo uGeurts kwintlanganiso noonondaba ngoLwesithathu.

UGeurts wayeseNewport News Shipbuilding ukuze abukele abasebenzi abaseyadini behlisa isiqithi besiya kumgangatho wesibini kudidi lukaJohn F. Kennedy (CVN-79), obekelwe ubhaptizo ekupheleni kwalo nyaka.I-PSA yakwaFord yenzeka kwiyadi yeNewport News kufutshane nesiza sokwakha saseKennedy.

Izinyusi ezikhwele iFord zizinto zokugqibela ezifuna umsebenzi, utshilo uGeurts.Izinyusi ezibini kwezili-11 zigqityiwe, kwaye umsebenzi kwezisithoba eziseleyo uyaqhubeka.I-Ford iya kushiya iNewport News ngo-Okthobha, uGeurts uthe, echaza ukulungela kwayo ikamva kuxhomekeke kulo mhla wokuhamba.

“Kufuneka siqeqeshe abasebenzi kwaye siqinisekise abasebenzi basenqanaweni, sijike inqanawe yonke, kwaye emva koko sithathe zonke ezo zifundo sizifundileyo kwaye … sizigalele kulo lonke olu yilo” kwiklasi yeFord, utshilo uGeurts."Ke iqhinga lethu lale nqanawa ikhokelayo ingqina zonke itekhnoloji kwaye emva koko sinciphise ngokukhawuleza ixesha kunye neendleko kunye nobunzima bokuzifumana kwiinqanawa ezilandelayo."

I-Ford imiselwe ukusasazwa ngo-2021.Ixesha lokuqala libandakanya ukugqiba iPSA kweli hlotyeni kwaye emva koko uchithe u-2019 kunye no-2020 ulungiselela abasebenzi ukuba basebenze.

Nangona kunjalo, ngexesha lobungqina phambi kweCongress ngo-Matshi, i-Geurts ibhengeze umhla wokugqitywa kokufumaneka kwe-Ford utyhalwa umva ukuya ku-Oktobha ngenxa yeengxaki ze-elevator, ingxaki ye-propulsion system kunye nomsebenzi wonke.Yintoni eyayiyi-PSA yeenyanga ezili-12 ngoku iyolulela kwiinyanga ezili-15.Ngoku uMkhosi waManzi unomda wexesha obonakala uvulekile wokulungisa ii-AWEs zeFord.

Ii-AWEs ziyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yokwenza abathwali beklasi ye-Ford babulale ngakumbi ngokunyusa izinga le-aircraft sortie-generation rate ngama-25 ukuya kuma-30 ekhulwini xa kuthelekiswa nabathwali beenqwelo-moya ze-Nimitz-class.Iingxaki zeSoftware ezineelevator kwiFord ziye zabagcina ekusebenzeni ngokuchanekileyo.

Umkhosi wamanzi awukhange ube nelizwi eliphantsi kakhulu ekuchazeni ingxaki ngokuqhutywa kwe-Ford, ebandakanya iijenereyitha ze-injini eziphambili zenqanawa eziqhutywa ngumphunga oveliswe zii-reactors ezimbini zenyukliya ze-Ford.Ii-reactors zisebenza njengoko kulindelekile.Nangona kunjalo, ii-iturbines zidinga uhlengahlengiso olungalindelekanga nolubanzi, imithombo eqhelene nokulungiswa ixelele i-USNI News.

“Zontathu ezi zinto zibangela uhlengahlengiso kwisikhululo samandla enyukliya esithe saziqaphela ngexesha lolingo lolwandle, zifanelekile kuwo wonke umthwalo ofumanekayo emva kokushukuma kunye nokugqiba iikhetshi – zonke zihamba malunga nexesha elinye,” UGeurts uthe ngexesha lobungqina bukaMatshi.“Ke, uOkthobha ngoku lolona qikelelo lwethu lungcono.Iinqanawa zazisiwe ngaloo nto.Basebenza oko kumjikelo wabo wokunyusa uloliwe emva koko. ”

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