America’s newest aircraft carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, the only non- Nimitz class ship in the fleet and the first of ...

The Ford-class is pricey, but the Navy can’t just throw away its ability to launch fighter jets from the sea. The journey of ...

Ford-class aircraft carriers would be named ... One controversy has been that the Nimitz-class carrier John C. Stennis honors a key lawmaker behind the funding of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers ...

The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

In sum, the EMALS should improve the Ford’s SGR relative to preceding Nimitz-class carriers. To be fair to the steam catapult system, it should be mentioned that steam has proven exceedingly ...

Clinton and the USS George W. Bush, will be the fifth and sixth carriers of the Ford class, which will replace the Nimitz class carrier. Bush's father, President George H.W. Bush, has a Nimitz ...

The ships will be the latest to enter the fleet as part of the new class of Gerald R. Ford carriers, which are bigger and more capable than the aging Nimitz-class ships that began entering the ...

Ford. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said ... more than 20 new technologies in comparison to the previous, Nimitz-class carriers that the Navy started using in 1975. Technology upgrades include ...

Ford-class aircraft carriers would be named after former US Presidents Bill ... The trend has many exceptions, including the first-in-class USS Nimitz, the USS Carl Vinson, the USS John C. Stennis, ...

According to the Navy, the Ford-class of aircraft carrier is the first new class in more than 40 years and begins the phased replacement of Nimitz-class carriers. Clinton — who did not serve in ...

Two future Ford-class aircraft carriers are being named after Presidents ... One controversy has been that the Nimitz-class carrier John C. Stennis honors a key lawmaker behind the funding of ...