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).

The carrier was given the CVN-78 designation, where CVN refers to a ... which has yet to be laid down and is only expected to launch in 2029, the U.S. Navy had in 2017 said it planned to spend ...

Ford (CVN 78) was ordered from Newport News Shipbuilding ... The new A1B reactor, Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) and Dual Band Radar (DBR) all ...

In today's technology-soaked world, it seems unfathomable that sailors aboard advance Navy ships might not have access to ...