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 ...

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

Secretary of Navy Carlos Del Toro salutes in the rain as he arrives for the USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) commissioning ceremony at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., in Pensacola ...

The USS Bush is not even mentioned yet for procurement. The catapults on the Ford-class carriers are set apart from the ones on previous carriers in the fact that they use an EMALS ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The decommissioned aircraft carrier, formerly named after President John F. Kennedy, has begun its journey as it heads south from the Philadelphia Navy Yard to the scrapyard ...

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The USS Bush is not even mentioned yet for procurement ... Alongside the new type of catapults, the Ford-class is also equipped with the next-generation AAG (Advanced Arresting Gear), also ...

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 ...

Eisenhower, USS Harry S. Truman, USS Ronald Reagan, USS George W. Bush, and USS Gerald R. Ford. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that the future carriers Clinton and Bush will "serve as ...

In this Saturday, April 8, 2017, file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Gerald R. Ford embarks on the first of its sea trials to test various state-of-the-art systems on its own power for ...

Clinton; CVN 83 will be known as the USS George W ... Loaded with new technology like the EMALS catapult system and the AAG arresting gear system, the Ford is billed as having a higher Sortie ...