The U.S. Navy’s Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers are the largest and most technologically advanced warships ever built, ...

The US' third Ford-class carrier is delayed and now may not be delivered until 2030. Navy officials attributed the delay to supply chain issues and lingering effects from COVID-19. It's another ...

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly, quoted in Defense & Aerospace Report, had this to say about the 1,092-foot-long Gerald R. Ford-class supercarriers: “I don’t know if we’re going to ...

The US Navy is ready to deploy a new first-in-class supercarrier for the first time in over four decades. The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford will set sail on its maiden deployment next week ...

But the ship, the first in the Ford class of supercarriers, has been plagued with a series of mechanical problems that have pushed its price tag into the stratospheric $13 billion range.

It's set to be the prototype for a new Ford-class of "supercarriers" that will eventually replace today's Nimitz-class carriers. The Navy now has 10 carriers. Trump has promised a 12-carrier Navy ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is a beast. It's the first of the new Ford-class supercarriers, and arguably the best aircraft carrier ever designed. And ...

The Ford class, in theory, represents a major improvement over the previous Nimitz-class supercarriers. The Navy so has ordered four Ford s. Lead vessel Ford was supposed to deploy for the first ...

The Ford-class supercarriers have been long in the making, with almost two decades elapsing between the commencement of the procurement process and the Gerald R. Ford entering the fleet.

Some time later this year, the lead ship in a new class of U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will commence its first deployment. The USS Gerald R. Ford, named for the nation’s 38th ...

The first ship of a new supercarrier class, USS Gerald R. Ford, is in the eastern Mediterranean as a sign of American support for Israel following the attack by Hamas militants from Gaza.