{"id":32869,"date":"2018-02-08T16:58:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T16:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/08\/navy-wants-mattis-to-delay-shock-testing-for-129-billion-super-carrier\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:43:37","slug":"navy-wants-mattis-to-delay-shock-testing-for-129-billion-super-carrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/02\/08\/navy-wants-mattis-to-delay-shock-testing-for-129-billion-super-carrier\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy wants Mattis to delay shock testing for $12.9 billion super carrier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy has asked Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to delay shock testing on the super carrier Gerald R. Ford, a traditional process ships undergo to determine how well they can withstand an attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its proposed budget for fiscal year 2019, the Navy removed funding for testing on its new $12.9 billion \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/2017\/07\/23\/trump-uss-ford-is-100000-ton-message-to-the-world\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">100,000 ton message to the world<\/a>.\u201d Originally scheduled to start late next year, the Navy is now requesting that shock testing be pushed it back at least six years, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-02-07\/navy-presses-mattis-to-delay-shock-testing-costliest-carrier\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This decision creates tension between the Navy\u2019s goal to have an 11-carrier fleet ready to deploy as soon as possible and the Pentagon\u2019s warning against deploying the Ford for initial combat duty until it has undergone tests. Mattis must balance the need for rigorous weapons testing with the demands of his national defense strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/07\/22\/after-years-of-doubt-a-ford-class-carrier-is-set-to-join-the-fleet\/\">Ford<\/a>, currently scheduled for its first deployment in 2022,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/07\/22\/after-years-of-doubt-a-ford-class-carrier-is-set-to-join-the-fleet\/\"> <\/a>has already endured several years of uncertainty and delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last June, the U.S. House of Representatives considered striking a clause in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2017\/06\/20\/us-navy-might-get-to-skip-ford-shock-trials-ahead-of-first-deployment\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">National Defense Authorization Act<\/a> that requires ships to endure shock tests before their first deployment. The proposal was supported by fleet schedule planners who did not want to delay deploying the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"774\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/yn.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/yn.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/yn.JPG.jpg?resize=300,194 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/yn.JPG.jpg?resize=768,495 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/yn.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,660 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 8, 2017)  Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) man the rails as the ship departs Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding for builder\u2019s sea trials off the U.S. East Coast. The first-of-class ship\u2014the first new U.S. aircraft carrier design in 40 years\u2014will spend several days conducting builder\u2019s sea trials, a comprehensive test of many of the ship\u2019s key systems and technologies. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist  Christopher Delano\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are four major new systems on this aircraft carrier\u201d for launching and landing aircraft, detecting aircraft and missiles and moving ordnance in elevators from deep inside the vessel, Robert Behler, the Pentagon\u2019s new chief of testing, told Bloomberg. \u201cI think we have to know if those systems continue to work in a combat environment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During shock testing, the ship endures a series of detonated underwater charges to check the resilience of key systems. The results are used to judge vulnerabilities and design changes that may be needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ford \u201cis making progress, however, reliability of the newly designed catapults, arresting gear, weapons elevators, and radar, which are all critical for flight operations, have the potential\u201d to limit Ford\u2019s abilities, Behler wrote in a memo to Mattis, according to Bloomberg. The survivability of these systems will remain a question mark until they undergo full rounds of testing, he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy still needs to spend approximately $780 million on the Ford to conduct shock testing, and still needs to finish deferred work and correct deficiencies, according to a July report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/690\/685241.pdf\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Government Accountability Office.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy wants to wait another six years before testing the ship for 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