Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Navy's next Ford-class aircraft carrier started builder trials. USS John F. Kennedy is the second in class and expected to ...

Can a ship class famous for ambitious redesigns finally prove it learned from its own growing pains? The future USS John F. Kennedy has now completed Builder’s Sea Trials, a milestone that matters for ...

A modern carrier’s biggest innovation is not always the catapult. Sometimes it is the traffic pattern. The Gerald R. Ford ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Ford-class carriers, led by the USS Gerald R. Ford, are the latest class designed to replace the aging Nimitz-class. With cutting-edge features... What You Need ...

The next Gerald R. Ford class supercarrier, to be known as the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), set sail under its own power from Newport News for the first time on Jan. 28, 2026 to begin manufacturer ...

The Ford is now stationed in the eastern Mediterranean, but its air wing is well within reach of Iran.

President Joe Biden announced Monday that two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers would be named after former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. "Each knows firsthand the weight ...

USS Gerald R. Ford remains at sea as the Navy spotlights crew resilience and sustained readiness. The carrier moves beyond eight months deployed after departing Naval Station Norfolk on June 24, 2025, ...

USS John F. Kennedy is the second in class and expected to be delivered to the Navy in March 2027. The trials will allow the builder to test out the vessel at sea for the first time. The USS John F.