USS Gerald R. Ford
U.S. Aircraft Carriers Need Cheaper Anti-Drone Systems—and the Navy Is Working On Them
The Navy is sending six Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, each equipped with the Coyote and Roadrunner counter-drone system, with the USS Gerald R. Ford to ensure its protection.
$13,300,000,000: Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Is Most Expensive Warship Ever
What You Need to Know: The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the most expensive warship ever built, with a price tag of $13.3 billion. As the lead vessel of...
The U.S. Navy’s Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Might Be 1 Giant Headache
Summary and Key Points: The USS Gerald R. Ford is the most advanced aircraft carrier in history, incorporating 23 new technologies to enhance launch and recovery speed, including the Electromagnetic...
The Navy’s Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers: The Most Expensive Warship Ever
Summary: The Ford-class aircraft carrier, epitomized by the USS Gerald R. Ford, represents the pinnacle of naval engineering with its adoption of nearly two dozen new technologies, setting it apart...
Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford: Biggest Warship Ever Headed Home
The World’s Largest Warship is Headed Home: Following an eight-month deployment – extended due to the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza – the United States Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)...
Welcome: USS Gerald R. Ford Stops in UK for First Deployment
The USS Gerald R. Ford—the first of the U.S. Navy’s new class of aircraft carriers—arrived in the United Kingdom for a port visit at Portsmouth. “The crew of USS Gerald...
The Navy’s Newest Carrier Is Headed to Patrol the Atlantic
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier and the first of the Gerald R. Ford class, just left on its first deployment from Norfolk, Virginia, en...
USS Kennedy Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Hits New Construction Milestone
The U.S. Navy’s second Ford-class aircraft carrier, the USS Kennedy (CVN 79), has reached a new milestone and is surging toward operational status alongside the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN...
Get Real or Get Outpaced: Reality and the Future of U.S. Navy
American domination in a period of unipolarity is coming to an end—if it hasn’t already. Advantages granted by leaps in technology now last weeks or months, not years as they once...
Milestone: the USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Is Headed Out to Sea
The U.S. Navy’s high-tech and ground-breaking new USS Ford-class aircraft carrier will go to sea later this year, a development that marks a historic and pivotal step in the evolution...
USS Gerald Ford Loads Up With 500,000 Pounds of Ordnance
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the United States’ newest next-generation aircraft carrier, just received 541,000 pounds of ordnance. In an April 11 statement, the U.S. Navy explained that more than...
The Navy’s Newest Carrier Just Took a Big Step Forward
Late last month, the USS Gerald R. Ford, the first-in-class of the U.S. Navy’s new Ford-class aircraft carriers, successfully completed its flight deck certification and its carrier air traffic control...