The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the newest and largest nuclear-powered supercarrier ever built, has finally headed out to sea for extended deployment and returned.

Production delays, rising threats and shrinking numbers are putting the US's traditional aircraft carrier dominance on a knife's edge just as China s ...

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan embarked USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, to observe the strike group’s Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Apr.

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan embarked USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, to ...

with USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) having commenced RCOH in 2013. The next generation of aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford class (CVN 78) was ordered in 2008 and is slated to be delivered in ...

The Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was ordered from Newport News Shipbuilding on Sept. 10, 2008, and is scheduled to be delivered in 2016. The Gerald R. Ford class will be the premier forward asset for ...

(Janes/Michael Fabey) With aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) and its carrier strike group (CSG) preparing for deployment later in 2025, the US Navy (USN) is putting the ships through a ...