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

Ford class of nuclear aircraft carriers, the first new class in over 40 years, meant to replace Nimitz-class carriers that were first deployed in 1975. The carrier was given the CVN-78 designation ...

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 ...

Two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, to be constructed "in the years ahead," will carry the names of former President Bill ...

The next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers will be named after former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, per an ...

Ford (CVN 78) recently completed testing of vital ... which the crew employs to defend the aircraft carrier. Cmdr. Ron McCallister, Ford's combat systems officer, noted the testing was a ...

Ford (CVN 78) conducted a successful replenishment ... "The primary mission of an aircraft carrier is to fly aircraft, and we need to be able to replenish the jet fuel without having to pull ...

In his last week in office, President Joe Biden on Monday named the Navy’s next unnamed future Ford-class aircraft carriers ...

WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the names of two future Gerald R. Ford-class of aircraft carriers as the future USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82) and the future USS George W ...