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How is the new carrier, Gerald Ford, doing?

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The Department of Defense's fiscal year 2019 budget includes a hefty chunk of cash for a fourth Ford-class aircraft carrier, but the Navy may have to wait a little bit longer to see its dreams of an 11-carrier fleet truly realized. read more

Systems that reduce crew workload have allowed the ship’s company on Gerald R. Ford-class carriers to total only 2,600 sailors, about 600 fewer than a Nimitz-class carrier. The massive, 180-man berthing areas on the Nimitz class are replaced by 40-rack berthing areas on Gerald R. Ford-class carriers. read more

USS Gerald Ford model photo. The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, seen here in a combination model and live shot photo, is the first in the US Navy's next generation of warships, the Ford class. USS Gerald R. Ford was officially commissioned on July 22, 2017. The next Ford class ship, the John F. Kennedy, is due in 2020. read more

George Niefler, the Ford's electrical superintendent, says that the new diagnostics and data readouts will identify problems in ways unheard of in earlier carriers. For example, it once took him three months to fix a bad relay on board the aircraft carrier USS Bush, but the Ford's system immediately displayed the same problem on a computer screen on the Ford. read more

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