Day: January 31, 2019

Bloomberg has managed to obtain an assessment of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) by the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation. The Pentagon’s chief tester says new aircraft carrier “will probably not achieve” its sortie rate due to ongoing problems with its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system.

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The commanding officer of VFA-32, CDR Stacy Uttecht, will lead a all-female missing man flyover at the funeral of retired Capt. Rosemary Mariner on Feb. 2.

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The U.S. Navy has disclosed that recertified and modernized Tomahawk cruise missiles will be given the Block V designation.

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