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The Navy’s New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Can’t Hide All The Problems Anymore
USS Enterprise (CVN-80), the third Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, has slipped to a 2030 delivery after successive delays. -Causes include harder-than-expected integration of new tech from CVN-78 (EMALS ...
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The Navy’s New Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Is Now Delayed 2 Years
The U.S. Navy’s next Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), is now facing a two-year delivery ...
In early October 2025, the USS John F. Kennedy made major progress by performing its first nuclear propulsion tests in the ...
This story has been updated to include a statement from HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding. The next Ford-class aircraft carrier is facing a two-year delay that will leave the Navy with ten carriers for ...
The US Navy’s newest and biggest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, is set be deployed to the Mediterranean, according to a report. It’s the latest public movement of military hardware to the ...
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The US Navy Is Making Progress on Its Next Supercarrier
Despite the attempts to streamline the carrier’s delivery process, delays remain due to issues with two critical systems: its arresting gear, crucial for aircraft landing, and its weapons elevators.
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...
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