The Gerald R. Ford class is the future aircraft carrier replacement class for Enterprise and Nimitz class aircraft carriers for the U.S. Navy. The Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was ordered from Newport ...

Ford, the first-in-class of the U.S. Navy’s new Ford-class aircraft carriers, successfully completed its flight deck certification and its carrier air traffic control ...

The Ford-class aircraft carrier is the U.S. Navy’s newest and most sophisticated vessel to date – and the first new class of carrier since the Nimitz class was first built in 1968.

Two future Ford-class aircraft carriers are being named after Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. It's the US Navy convention to name nuclear-powered flattops after presidents, with some ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the United States’ newest next-generation aircraft carrier, just received 541,000 pounds of ordnance. In an April 11 statement, the U.S. Navy explained that more than..

The White House announced Monday that the Navy will name the two latest Ford-class aircraft carriers after former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. The future USS William J. Clinton and ...

Indeed, the Ford is the 23rd class of carrier in service with ... There is reason to wonder whether this model is sustainable. Aircraft carriers are becoming increasingly more vulnerable to ...

President Joe Biden announced Monday that two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers would be named after former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. "Each knows firsthand the ...

The external drop tanks that are so integral to an aircraft carrier's power projection ... told Bloomberg. The USS Ford is the first in its class and is slated to be commissioned roughly a year ...

The aircraft carriers CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, CVN-81, CVN-82, and CVN-83 are the first six ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs).

Clinton is on the Navy’s books to begin construction between 2028 and 2030. The most recent Ford-class carrier cost about $14 billion, according to the Congressional Research Service.