200331-N-QI093-1013 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 31, 2020) Chief Warrant Officer Christifer Dearing, from Redmond, Oregon, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), stands watch as the combat direction center watch officer in the ship's combat direction center during sea based developmental testing (SBDT). SBDT is conducted to stress the ship's combat system capabilities to include the integration of new technologies Dual Band Radar with Rolling Airframe Missile and Sea Sparrow missiles. During SBDT operation 6B, Ford ran a risk reduction scenario for an AQM-37 high diving missile, an exercise that will be required during Combat System Ship Qualification Trial in order for the ship's combat systems to be considered fully operation capable. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ruben Reed/Released) (This photo has altered for security purposes by blurring screens)