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 ...

Many countries are always looking for a way to increase their military power on land, air, and sea. Here are the most ...

Key Points and Summary - Ford-class carriers replace Nimitz-class with major upgrades: twin A1B reactors delivering triple the electrical power; EMALS catapults and Advanced Arresting Gear for ...

The US Navy's next aircraft carrier is almost finished but faces challenges with its elevators, among other technology. The advanced weapons elevators were previously an issue on the first-in-class ...

Summary and Key Points: Earlier this year, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) completed its first worldwide deployment, launching over 8,000 sorties in the Mediterranean in response to the Israel-Hamas ...

Summary: The Ford-class aircraft carrier is the U.S. Navy’s newest, most advanced vessel, set to replace the aging Nimitz-class. -While the Nimitz has served since 1975, technological advances and ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy's Ford-class supercarriers are plagued by significant problems that have caused major delays and cost overruns. -Two revolutionary systems, the Electromagnetic ...

Wilson Beaver is a senior policy advisor in the Allison Center for National Security at The Heritage Foundation. Larger aircraft carriers of the Gerald R. Ford class are one of the Navy’s top ...

Ford advocates are certainly happy. The October 7 attack on Israel transformed the nature of USS Gerald R. Ford’s first “real” deployment, pushing the carrier into the limelight. Engaged in a ...

The second Ford-class aircraft carrier hit a major milestone this week with shipbuilders completing over 79% of interior compartment spaces for the John F. Kennedy crew, officials said. Crew gathered ...

March 29, 2024: In the United States, new aircraft carrier USS Kennedy, CVN (nuclear-powered aircraft carrier) 79, the second of the new Ford-class carriers, is 18 months late, in part because the ...

USS Gerald R. Ford, the US Navy's newest aircraft carrier, will deploy in early May. USS Ford is the first carrier of its class and has an array of new and advanced technology. That technology has ...