The EMALS is an electromagnetic catapult that relies upon a linear induction motor, rather than a traditional steam piston, to launch aircraft. The Ford-class aircraft carriers are the most expensive ...
Ford-class aircraft carriers would be named after former US Presidents Bill ... and a brig from the Barbary Wars more than ...
See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.
The Navy vessels will be the first to bear the names of former presidents William J. Clinton and George W. Bush.
The aircraft carriers CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, CVN-81, CVN-82, and CVN-83 are the first six ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs).
The Clinton and Bush names are consistent with tradition, yet also somewhat unorthodox.
The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.