08-23-16, 10:18 AM
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Maybe next year, uh? Looking forward to this being the best one yet and the first of her class too 
I like this DOD buzz web site ...
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2016/07/25/na...craft-carrier/
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POSTED BY: BRENDAN MCGARRY JULY 25, 2016
The U.S. Navy still plans to receive its most expensive warship in November, but has acknowledged that date “may need to be revised” if additional testing issues surface, a spokeswoman said Monday.
A couple of weeks ago, the service said the new $13 billion Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier (CVN 78) would be delayed by two months to November due to “first of class” problems, without elaborating. The ship is already two years behind schedule and more than $2 billion over budget.
A Bloomberg News article last week by Tony Capaccio cited a June 28 memo from the Pentagon’s top weapons tester, J. Michael Gilmore, to its chief weapons buyer, Frank Kendall, that concluded the ship isn’t ready for combat operations because of problems with systems to launch and recover aircraft, defend against aircraft and missiles, and move bombs and munitions.
As a result, the delivery date may slip into 2017, CNN’s Zachary Cohen reported on Monday.
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pla•teau noun
a relatively stable level, period,
or condition a level of attainment
or achievement
Lord help me get to the next plateau ..
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