The following is the Jan. 14, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: ...

Ford-class aircraft carriers as USS William J ... joining the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), USS Enterprise (CVN-80), and USS Doris Miller (CVN-81).

In today's technology-soaked world, it seems unfathomable that sailors aboard advance Navy ships might not have access to ...

Ford (CVN-78). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky) The official statement notes that the names follow the Navy tradition of often naming aircraft carriers ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The next nuclear-powered aircraft carriers to be constructed will bear the names of two living presidents. President Joe Biden announced on Monday that the next Gerald R.

Exactly 17 years ago Monday, the White House announced another aircraft carrier would be commissioned under the name of a former president. The USS Gerald R. Ford, or CVN 78, launched in October 2013.

Getting a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ready for her maiden deployment is no small task. The good news is that recently the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) successfully conducted the Combat Systems ...

The U.S. Navy’s premier anti-submarine (ASW) and anti-surface (ASuW) helicopter, the MH-60R Seahawk, has shot down its first drone, marking a new ...