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Thursday, February 06, 2014

Failures Beset Navy’s New Aircraft Carrier and Patrol Planes

EMALS launchA number of problems in key systems of the Navy’s next generation aircraft carrier and patrol aircraft threaten their operational effectiveness, the Pentagon’s test organization said in its annual report to Congress.

J. Michael Gilmore, director of operational test and evaluation for the Defense Department, also highlighted software problems with an advanced submarine sonar system that made it difficult to detect surface ships. Gilmore deemed the USS San Antonio class of amphibious transport dock ships not "operationally suitable."

The $12 billion USS Gerald Ford, built by Huntington Ingalls Industries and slated to join the fleet in 2016, will launch its aircraft with a new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System instead of the steam catapult used in previous carriers.

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