{"id":14620,"date":"2020-07-07T20:54:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T20:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/07\/the-us-navy-shakes-up-the-carrier-ford-program-after-latest-setback\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:24:09","slug":"the-us-navy-shakes-up-the-carrier-ford-program-after-latest-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2020\/07\/07\/the-us-navy-shakes-up-the-carrier-ford-program-after-latest-setback\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy shakes up the carrier Ford program after latest setback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2013The officer overseeing the deployment of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2019\/11\/07\/amid-the-latest-ford-controversy-a-green-workforce-is-making-rapid-progress-on-its-sister-ship\/\" target=_blank>carrier Gerald R. Ford<\/a> was fired Wednesday, the latest jolt to the trouble program that has been operating under a microscope as technical problems with nearly two dozen new technologies bundled into the lead ship have piled up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capt. Ron Rutan was removed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2019\/05\/20\/the-us-navys-top-acquisition-official-talks-controlling-costs-and-fixing-maintenance\/\" target=_blank>Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition James Geurts<\/a> last Wednesday in connection with his \u201cperformance over time\u201d in the role as program manager for the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBased on the recommendation of PEO Aircraft Carriers [Rear Adm. James Downey] due to performance over time, ASN RDA Geurts reassigned CVN 78 (PMS 378) Program Manager Capt. Ron Rutan to Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) staff, and selected Capt. Brian Metcalf, previously LPD 17 program manager and Executive Assistant to COMNAVSEA, as his relief, effective 1 July,\u201d according to a statement from Naval Sea Systems Command spokesman Rory O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy said the change was made to get \u201cfresh eyes\u201d on the effort to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2019\/12\/09\/for-the-us-navy-its-all-hands-on-deck-to-fix-the-ford\/\" target=_blank>the new aircraft carrier<\/a> through its post-delivery test and trial period, which will go on through the rest of this year before the ship heads into full-ship shock trials, where live explosives are set off next the ship to see how it handles battle damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2020\/01\/30\/the-carrier-ford-is-trying-to-shake-years-of-controversy-and-find-its-groove\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/E-2D-on-Ford.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The carrier Ford is trying to shake years of controversy and find its groove<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Over the coming year, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Ford will be underway 11 times over 220 days, working out the kinks, training sailors and writing the book on how the new class of carriers will operate.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile there is no perfect time for leadership transitions, it is prudent to bring in renewed energy now to lead the CVN 78 team through the challenges ahead,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cCapt. Metcalf\u2019s proven program management acumen and extensive waterfront experience will be a tremendous asset to the CVN 78 team in the months ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News of Rutan\u2019s removal was <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2020\/07\/02\/navy-removes-ford-carrier-program-manager-citing-performance-over-time\" target=_blank>first reported by USNI News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ford has had a witches\u2019 brew of technical problems and accompanying delays and setbacks since construction of the ship began in 2005. Much of the trouble is the result of trying to pack too much new stuff in a single new hull, and Rutan\u2019s firing shows the problems are still vexatious, said Jerry Hendrix, a retired Navy captain and analyst with the Telemus Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cObviously the problems on the Ford are still beyond the managers\u2019 ability to control them,\u201d Hendrix said . \u201cAnd while this may be a blow to Capt. Rutan\u2019s career, it sounds like they just needed to move on to someone who will take a different approach and brought a different perspective. It may be more about getting to the next guy as it is removing the current guy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLook, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s possible to overstate the complexity of the Ford program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ship, conceived in an era when the Defense Department was looking to make giant steps forward in military technology while it had no direct peer competitors, packed at least 23 new technologies into the lead ship. Those included a complete redesign of the systems used to arm, launch and recover the ship\u2019s aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All those systems have, in their turn, caused delays in getting the Navy\u2019s most expensive-ever warship to the fleet, which was originally to have deployed in 2018, but now will likely not deploy until 2023. The Ford cost the Navy roughly $13.3 billion, according to the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/sgp\/crs\/weapons\/RS20643.pdf\">Congressional Research Service report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Trials and tribulations<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest hiccup came in the form of a fault in the power supply system to the electromagnetic aircraft launch system, which is replacing the old steam catapult system on the Nimitz-class carriers. The fault curtailed flight operations on the ship for several days while the crew and contractors tried to identify the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to the latest EMALS issue, the Advanced Weapons Elevators \u2013 which are designed to reduce the time it takes to get bombs armed and to the flight deck for mounting on aircraft \u2013 became the center of a firestorm and contributed to former Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer\u2019s firing last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January 2019, Spencer announced he\u2019d told the President that if the weapons elevators aren\u2019t functioning by mid-summer, then he should fire him. But within months Spencer had to admit that the weapons elevators would not be finished until the end of 2021 or maybe 2022, which he blamed on Huntington Ingalls Industries for not communicating adequately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making the Ford deployment ready was a focus of former acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, who likened the ship to an albatross around the Navy\u2019s neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Ford is something the president cares a lot about, it\u2019s something he talks a lot about, and I think his concerns are justified,\u201d Modly said. \u201cIt\u2019s very, very expensive, and it needs to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd there is a trail of tears that explains why we are where we are, but right now we need to fix that ship and make sure it works. 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