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.

China's new amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, has an electromagnetic catapult system that makes it essentially a light ...

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 ...

Gerald R. Ford is a first-in-class aircraft carrier and the first new aircraft carrier designed in more than 40 years. Ford is underway conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean.

Summary and What You Need to Know on the Ford Aircraft Carriers and Its High Cost: The high cost of the Ford-class aircraft carrier, which reaches $13 billion, is driven by advanced technologies ...

Past fears that carriers were vulnerable to new technologies weren’t proven right… nor were they proven wrong.

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 ...

China has launched its first next-generation amphibious assault ship, adding a powerful cutting-edge warship to the country’s ...

The USS Harry S. Truman transited the Suez Canal in Egypt to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East.

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 ...

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 ...