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

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 Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

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 ...

The White House announced Monday that the Navy will name the two latest Ford-class aircraft carriers after former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. The future USS William J. Clinton and ...

The dual-band radar (DBR) aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the ship’s primary sensor system, ...

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).

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

Ford carriers, which are bigger and more capable ... Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement that aircraft carriers “are the centerpiece of America’s naval forces,” and the ...

Ford. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that the future carriers Clinton and Bush will "serve as lasting tributes to each leader’s legacy in service of the United States." "Aircraft ...

Two future Ford-class aircraft carriers are being named after Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. It's the US Navy convention to name nuclear-powered flattops after presidents, with some ...

According to the Navy, the Ford-class of aircraft carrier is the first new class in more than 40 years and begins the phased replacement of Nimitz-class carriers. Clinton — who did not serve in ...