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).

What You Need to Know: USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) represents the pinnacle of modern aircraft carrier design, yet the vessel’s significant costs, complex maintenance, and vulnerability concerns ...

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 ...

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

Ford (CVN-78). Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding ... Kennedy, the second of the Gerald Ford-class carriers. Ohio Governor John Kasich is running for president, ...

The following is the Dec. 28, 2021, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and… ...

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.

The Navy has announced the names for the next two Ford-class aircraft carriers: CVN 82 will be known as the USS William J. Clinton; CVN 83 will be known as the USS George W. Bush. The names ...

Ford-class aircraft carriers would be named after former Presidents ... In addition to the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), other aircraft carriers include the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS ...

Ford class (CVN 78) aircraft carriers. To strengthen its position in the U.S. naval defense space, HII is currently building the next generation of aircraft carriers — the Gerald R. Ford-class ...