Two future Ford-class aircraft carriers are being named after Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. It's the US Navy convention to name nuclear-powered flattops after presidents, with some ...

This delay impacts national security as aircraft carriers are crucial in a potential conflict with China. The Ford-class carriers introduce 23 new technologies, including the Electromagnetic Aircraft ...

Five Ford-class aircraft carriers are under construction, expanding carrier capability with improved operational efficiency. Virginia-class attack submarines account for 10 of the 37 vessels currently ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is finalizing a new study that is examining the Ford-class carrier to determine whether it should alter the design of the next two in the class, Secretary of the Navy ...

When the Navy announced in April 2023 that USS Gerald R. Ford would finally head out on her first operational deployment, it marked a quiet but significant turning point for the newest generation of ...

BREMERTON, Wash. — The Navy will spend up to $300 million to modernize Naval Base Kitsap so it can serve as the first Pacific homeport of the new Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers. “The Navy ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is reviewing the design and costs of one of its most high-tech and expensive warships — the Ford-class aircraft carrier — and the service’s top boss is not ruling out ...

March 29, 2024: In the United States, new aircraft carrier USS Kennedy, CVN (nuclear-powered aircraft carrier) 79, the second of the new Ford-class carriers, is 18 months late, in part because the ...