The new USS Gerald R. Ford, the first new aircraft carrier design from the US Navy in four decades, boasts a slew of improved features that separate it from the previous Nimitz class carriers.

The USS Ford is the most advanced aircraft carrier the US has ever built. The tally for the total cost is $13.3 billion, nearly 30% more than initial estimates. However, more costs are expected.

The USS Gerald R. Ford recently completed its first full-length operational deployment, spending 239 days at sea. Aircraft from the carrier flew more than 10,000 sorties as it sailed nearly 85,000 ...

Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report The aircraft carriers CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, CVN-81, and CVN-82 are the first five ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R ...

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 ...

(Janes/Michael Fabey) The ships of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, anchored by aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78), recently completed their first at-sea integrated training in the Atlantic ...

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with USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) having commenced RCOH in 2013. The next generation of aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford class (CVN 78) was ordered in 2008 and is slated to be delivered in ...

USS John F. Kennedy is the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier to be built for the US Navy. The ship was reportedly 50% structurally complete as of June 2017. Kennedy is currently under ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and one other warship to remain in the Mediterranean Sea for several more weeks to maintain a two-carrier ...

The USS Gerald R Ford is finally setting ... round of testing and sea trials. The Ford (CVN-78) set sail just after 10 a.m. Friday. The aircraft carrier's return to sea follows a five-day pierside ...