The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford of the US Navy, which is the most expensive ship built in the world, turned out to be overly technological. The corresponding recognition was made by the chief of naval operations of the US Navy, Admiral Michael Gilday, according to Popular Mechanics.
According to him, this ship was built using too many new technologies, many of which turned out to be "untested", as a result of which Gerald R. Ford "lags behind in its life cycle for several years".
According to the admiral, we are talking about 23 technological solutions that create difficulties when operating an aircraft carrier.
According to the chief of naval operations of the US Navy, it is necessary to use "a much more conscious approach to the introduction of new technologies on any platform."
According to Popular Mechanics, the newest American aircraft carrier received, in particular, a new radar, an electromagnetic catapult and 11 modern lifts for ammunition.
The magazine notes that the cost of Gerald R. Ford has grown to $ 13 billion, not counting deck-based aircraft.
In October 2019, a video with a sharp turn of the US Navy's Gerald R. Ford nuclear aircraft carrier was published on the ship's official Twitter account.
This aircraft carrier provides for the placement of more than 4.5 thousand military and 75 aircraft. The ship is equipped with RIM-162 ESSM medium-range ship-to-air anti-aircraft missiles, ship-based anti-aircraft missile and anti-aircraft artillery systems. The displacement of the aircraft carrier is 100 thousand tons, the length is 332.8 meters, the width is 40.8 meters (waterline), 78 meters (flight deck). The maximum speed is 30 knots. The service life is at least 50 years. Gerald R. Ford was received by the US Navy in July 2017.
Ivan Potapov
