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An artist's rendering of a Ford class aircraft carrier.
The US Navy's 10 Nimitz-class flat top aircraft carriers are the envy of the world, and yet, the Navy has a newer, more powerful, and more advanced carrier in the works: the Ford-class.
Named after US President Gerald Ford, the Navy plans to procure four of these titans of the sea. In the slides below, see how the Fords improve on America's already imposing fleet of aircraft carriers.