America’s newest aircraft carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, the only non- Nimitz class ship in the fleet and the first of ...

The Nimitz Class aircraft carrier continues to be the centerpiece of the forces necessary for operating forward. In times of crisis, the first question leaders ask in a crisis is: “Where are the ...

America’s Nimitz-class carriers are truly historic vessels. In other words, they’re very old. The Nimitz herself is 50 years old. Indeed, this flat top—like all America’s carriers ...

The Specs of the Nimitz-class Carrier When fully loaded, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier displaces approximately 100,000 long tons. Two nuclear reactors pour four steam turbines and four shafts ...

Nimitz-Class Carrier Extensions: Delays and Challenges for the U.S. Navy The U.S. Navy has been forced to rely on their Nimitz-class aircraft carriers for longer than expected.

Obsolete Carrier: The Nimitz-class carriers, icons of U.S. power since the Cold War, may struggle in future conflicts dominated by anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD ...

The Gerald R. Ford class is the future aircraft carrier replacement class for Enterprise and Nimitz class aircraft carriers for the U.S. Navy. The Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was ordered from Newport ...

a significant improvement over elevators on the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers able to lift only 10,500 pounds at 100 feet per minute. These lifts are crucial to increasing the aircraft sortie ...

Ford, the first new aircraft carrier design from the US Navy in four decades, boasts a slew of improved features that separate it from the previous Nimitz class carriers. More from Military ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s HII business unit, Newport News, recently secured a deal to work on facility upgrade requirements for the Nimitz class aircraft carrier’s defueling and ...