At issue are two of the carrier’s more advanced systems, which are apparently experiencing teething problems. -Congressional ...

Like the chef of a rival restaurant, China has been closely studying the ingredients that make up U.S. aircraft carriers—and ...

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 ...

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan embarked USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, to observe the strike group’s Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Apr.

Continued problems with the advanced weapons elevators could affect the delivery of the Navy's next Ford-class carrier, Navy ...

At its core, the Gerald R. Ford-class carrier excels in its primary function : launching and recovering aircraft. This floating airfield can carry an impressive arsenal of up to 90 aircraft ...

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 Navy is sending six Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, each equipped with the Coyote and Roadrunner ...

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 ...

FORD — Two F-18 fighter jets roared above the USS Gerald R. Ford, flying past the aircraft carrier in the direction of a destroyer sitting on the horizon. Four other destroyers were also spread ...

As we learned during our tour of the new USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, the former president's clumsiness almost cost him his life as a young sailor. During World War II, Ford served as a ...