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 ...

The US Navy's next aircraft carrier is almost finished but faces challenges with its elevators, among other technology. The ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — 10 On Your Side got an up close look at the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during its COMPTUEX training exercise. The aircraft carrier is the largest in the world.

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.

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 ...

Ford aircraft carrier, and witness part of the exercise. "This is a rehearsal and we're going to get it right," said USS Gerald R. Ford commander Capt. Rick Burgess. Burgess discussed the 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 ...

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.

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 ...

TASS/. The carrier strike group led by American USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier has left the Mediterranean Sea after conducting operations there since June 2023, the US 6th Fleet reported.

with the creation of the Ford-class aircraft carrier. Its namesake, the USS Gerald R. Ford, named after America’s thirty-eighth president, is the latest class of nuclear-powered aircraft ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford is the newest aircraft carrier in the Navy. The lead ship of the Ford-class supercarriers , the nuclear-powered flattop is the most advanced carrier to ever take to the seas.