{"id":45230,"date":"2022-01-04T20:37:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T20:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/01\/04\/new-in-2022-uss-gerald-r-ford-expected-to-deploy-for-the-first-time-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:53:53","slug":"new-in-2022-uss-gerald-r-ford-expected-to-deploy-for-the-first-time-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/01\/04\/new-in-2022-uss-gerald-r-ford-expected-to-deploy-for-the-first-time-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"New in 2022: USS Gerald R. Ford expected to deploy for the first time this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford is expected to conduct its first deployment in 2022 \u2014 four years after it was originally scheduled to deploy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To ensure the carrier can deploy this year, the Navy has cannibalized parts from future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy \u2014 a move that is not expected to delay the construction of the Kennedy, Navy Times previously reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such parts taken from the Kennedy include \u201cHMI screens for stores elevators as well as motor controllers, power supplies, small pumps, limit switches and valve actuators for various systems throughout the ship,\u201d said Navy spokesman Capt. Clay Doss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ship previously has faced a series of technical problems, equipment malfunctions and delays since construction of the ship started in 2005, as at least 23 new technologies were incorporated into the design. Systems like the advanced weapons elevators and the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System experienced difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\t