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Report to Congress on Ford-class Aircraft Carrier Program
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). The Navy’s proposed FY2025 budget requests $2,143.9 million (i.e ...
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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Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carrier
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 ...
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U.S. Navy’s Names Next Two Aircraft Carriers After Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
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 ...
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Not Everyone Is Happy With the New Aircraft Carriers' Names
T he 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 ...
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Could CVN 85 be named USS Donald J Trump?
Following the naming of the next two Gerald R Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers by the US Navy as the future USS William J Clinton (CVN 82) and USS George W Bush (CVN 83), a path has ...
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Doris Miller (CVN-81)
The following is the Dec. 28, 2021, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and… ...
The National Interest25d
America’s Two Newest Aircraft Carriers Now Have Names
Stennis (CVN-74) continues to be a point of contention, given the late senator’s criticism of civil rights and racial equality. On the flip side of the coin, even as the Gerald R. Ford class ...