USNI News Video: Sailors Talk First USS Gerald R. Ford Trap, Launch
ABOARD USS GERALD R. FORD — On Aug. 1, 2017, USNI News spoke with sailors who manned Ford’s next-generation Advanced Arresting Gear…
VIDEO: USS Gerald R. Ford Conducts First Arrested Landing, Catapult Launch
Six days after commissioning, the crew of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) launched and recovered their first aircraft from the…
EMALS Fix Finalized To Reduce Stress Put On Heaviest Airplanes During Ford-Class Carrier Launch
The Navy completed testing on a software fix for its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) that will allow the heaviest…
UPDATED: President Trump Wants Gerald Ford Carriers to Use ‘Goddamned Steam’ Catapults Instead of ‘No Good’ Electromagnetic Launchers
This post has been updated to include a comment from Acting Navy Secretary Sean Stackley. President Donald Trump wants the…
Newport News Shipbuilding Awarded $25M For CVN-80 Advance Fabrication
The Navy awarded Newport News Shipbuilding $25.5 million to begin advance fabrication of aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN-80).…