Tag: Gerald R. Ford
How the problems on the US Navy’s new supercarrier helped it build the next one cheaper and faster
The Navy and the shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls have been "aggressively" applying lessons learned while building the USS Ford to its next supercarrier.
The US Navy finally repaired its broken supercarrier, but there’s still a question of who is going to pay for it
The Navy picked up the tab for the repairs — the cost of which is unknown, and now there's a question about who has to pay them back for the work.
Trump tells troops that future US supercarriers are ‘going to use steam’ in a weird rant about an obsession he can’t seem to shake
President Donald Trump can't stand the new electromagnetic catapults the Navy has on its carriers, so he's suggesting the service use steam instead.
The $13 billion supercarrier the US Navy is staking its future on is late again as big problems persist
The US Navy's new supercarrier continues to face major problems, delaying its delivery to the fleet by at least three months.
The Navy secretary made Trump a high-stakes promise: A major problem with the Navy’s new carrier will be fixed ‘or you can fire me’
As the first in its class, the USS Gerald R. Ford was expected to have problems, but the $13 billion aircraft carrier has attracted special attention.
The US Navy’s next advanced aircraft carrier is 70% complete — watch the latest 888-ton chuck drop into place
The USS John F. Kennedy is being built with a modular technique, with prebuilt "superlifts" weighing hundreds of tons coming together.
Gerald Ford was clumsy even as a sailor — and now the aircraft carrier that bears his name has a statue immortalizing it
It rests in the hanger bay of the USS Ford — but it's removed when the ship is deployed.
Watch the Navy’s newest, most sophisticated aircraft carrier land and launch its first aircraft
The USS Gerald R. Ford received and launched its first fixed-wing aircraft, an F/A-18 Super Hornet, on Friday.
The Navy’s newest, most sophisticated aircraft carrier doesn’t have urinals
The Navy has stocked its newest carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, with new and upgraded technology — but one feature is missing.