Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

though it will most likely favor the new F-35C Lightning II, which is the U.S.' only fifth-generation carrier-capable fighter aircraft in service. When she does launch, the USS Enterprise (CVN-80 ...

The Navy decided to carry that tradition over to the new Ford ... The future USS Enterprise was named in honor of her predecessor -- the Navy's first nuclear aircraft carrier -- but when ...

Notably, CVN-65, the first nuclear-powered aircraft ... commissioning of USS Enterprise CV-6 in 1938 is where the “Big E” really came into her own. One of only three carriers built pre-war ...

The next generation of aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford class (CVN 78) was ordered in 2008 and is slated to be delivered in 2016 as the force structure replacement for USS ENTERPRISE (EX-CVN ...

See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.

Read about Derek Murphy's promotion to vice president of new construction aircraft carriers at HII's Newport News Shipbuilding division.

By Matt White Posted on Jan 13, 2025 When a future generation of Navy sailors project American airpower across the high seas, they’ll do it on aircraft carriers named for Presidents George W.

The Navy has announced the names for the next two Ford-class aircraft carriers ... the USS John F. Kennedy, is currently being fitted out while both CVN 80 and CVN 81, the USS Enterprise and ...

President Biden announced the names of the newest aircraft carriers that will join the U.S. Navy: USS William J ... are outfitted with more than 20 new technologies in comparison to the previous ...

The USS Carl Vinson is conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea, with the George Washington in Japan and ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Construction on the USS Enterprise ... s What You Need to Know: Enterprise proved the viability of nuclear power for aircraft carriers, but in hindsight that ...