Ford (CVN-78) is the first ship in this new class of ... lower radar cross section island structure, larger and more efficient flight deck facilitating faster aircraft launching, more than twice ...

Though only commissioned into service by former President Donald Trump in 2017 and launched on its first full deployment in May 2023, CVN 78 has been ... the carrier's "island," or the command ...

Newport News Shipbuilding placed a 1,026-metric ton unit — roughly the weight of six Boeing 747 commercial airplanes — onto the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78 ...

Ford (CVN 78) at Naval Station Norfolk ... and said the state-of-the-art aircraft carrier will send a “100,000-ton message to the world” about America’s military might when it is ultimately ...

Ford (CVN 78) has put on significant weight in the dry dock with the installation of four 30-ton bronze propellers. At 21 feet in diameter, each propeller spins to push the aircraft carrier ...

At 10:00 am today at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, the 110,000 ton, nuclear-powered USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was formally commissioned in a ceremony where President Donald Trump gave the ...

In an early example of implementing lessons learned, the shipyard moved a 704-metric ton unit into John F ... second ship of the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class, resulting in superlifts erected ...

The aircraft carriers CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, CVN-81, CVN-82, and CVN-83 are the first six ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs).

Ford (CVN 78). The first-of-class carrier left Newport ... The Ford class features a new nuclear power plant, a redesigned island, electromagnetic catapults, improved weapons movement, an enhanced ...

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) have met in the Eastern Mediterranean, showcasing the strength of the U.S. Navy’s carrier strike capabilities. Operating ...

The USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) are in the Eastern Pacific, while the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and the brand-new USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) are in the Atlantic.