Only two of Ford's 11 elevators, which are run with electromagnetic, linear synchronous motors, are operational. They allow for greater capacities and a faster movement of weapons than the Nimitz-class carrier elevators, which utilize cables, and are expected to reduce required manning, maintenance and total ownership cost.
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Ongoing construction problems include "very tight tolerances, physical structural adjustments and software refinement"...
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"Doors and hatches have to be moving in the right sequence and as you'd expect"...
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"The two upper stage elevators have absolutely operated as designed"...
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With the elevators, up to 24,000 pounds of ordnance can be moved at 150 feet-per-minute. On the Nimitz-class carriers, it's 10,500 pounds at up to 100 feet-per-minute.