Trump is back to criticizing US aircraft carrier engineering in what could be a warning sign for the US Navy
Trump criticized the elevators and catapults on the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, telling listeners they ...
China Has Unlocked the Secret to Winning the Aircraft Carrier Race—And That’s a Direct Threat to America
America’s newest aircraft carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, the only non- Nimitz class ship in the fleet and the first of ...
USS Gerald R. Ford Was Still Struggling With Its Dual Band Radar Prior To Deployment
The dual-band radar (DBR) aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the ship’s primary sensor system, ...
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Can America Afford the $13 Billion Ford-class Aircraft Carrier?
The Ford-class is pricey, but the Navy can’t just throw away its ability to launch fighter jets from the sea. The journey of the U.S. Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers has not been smooth sailing.
The one-of-a-kind ex-USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier is heading to the scrapyard, but a new JFK flattop is coming
See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.
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Report to Congress on Ford-class Aircraft Carrier Program
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).
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China Wants Its New Aircraft Carriers to Rival America’s
Beijing is developing a fourth carrier and is determined to meet or exceed the U.S. Navy’s abilities in the near future. When ...
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The Ford-class Carrier’s EMALS Catapult Is Changing Naval Aviation
The EMALS is an electromagnetic catapult that relies upon a linear induction motor, rather than a traditional steam piston, to launch aircraft. The Ford-class aircraft carriers are the most expensive ...
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The one-of-a-kind ex-USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier is heading to the scrapyard, but a new JFK flattop is coming
The ex-aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy began its final journey to the scrapyard. The decommissioned vessel was the last conventionally powered flattop built by the US Navy. The Kennedy namesake will ...
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The one-of-a-kind ex-USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier is heading to the scrapyard, but a new JFK flattop is coming
A composite image shows the decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, left, next to a photo illustration of the future Ford-class supercarrier bearing the same name.Joshua Karsten/US Navy ...