The Navy’s first unmanned tanker is set to come to an aircraft carrier in 2026, according to the commander of Naval Air ...

Vice Adm. Daniel Cheever, commander of Naval Air Forces, is confident the Navy will fly its MQ-25s this year and integrate ...

Adding the aerial refueling UAV to carrier air wings will help increase the range and endurance of naval strike aircraft, ...

The following is the Jan. 14, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: ...

Ford-class aircraft ... Modly naming CVN-81 USS Doris Miller, making it the first carrier to bear an African-American's name. Although the names have been selected for these two future carriers ...

Ford (CVN-78). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky) The official statement notes that the names follow the Navy tradition of often naming aircraft carriers ...

President Joe Biden announced Monday that two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers ... Unit Citation. CVN 82 and CVN 83 are set to be the fifth and sixth carriers to join the Navy's ...

Ford-class of aircraft carriers as the future USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82) and the future USS George W. Bush (CVN 83). The future USS William J. Clinton honors President William J. Clinton, 42nd ...

Two future Ford-class aircraft carriers ... The name of the future CVN 82 was announced in a private ceremony shortly after the new year, during which Clinton's daughter, Chelsea Clinton, was ...