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The Navy pulled off 22 aircraft landings in just over 26 minutes in a demanding test of gear for its new supercarriers
The recent testing involved five F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, 25 maintainers from Carrier Air Wing 8 (C…
Ryan Pickrell
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The Navy's new supercarrier can now land all of its planes - except the F-35 stealth fighter
The arresting gear is critical to the aircraft recovery process, the return of aircraft to the carr…
Ryan Pickrell
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The Navy's newest carrier, once criticized as a 'floating barge,' may be ready for action sooner than expected
After years of delays, cost overruns, and technological glitches, it's much smoother sailing for th…
Courtney Mabeus
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The US Navy's top admiral admits they crammed too much new tech onto their new aircraft carrier
"We had 23 new technologies on that ship, which quite frankly increased the risk … right from the g…
Benjamin Brimelow
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The US Navy says its new carrier only needed a fraction of the repairs required the last time a flattop did 'shock trials' 34 years ago
Those trials and other developments aboard USS Gerald R. Ford indicate that the carrier is finally …
Benjamin Brimelow
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Watch the Navy's newest, most sophisticated aircraft carrier land and launch its first aircraft
"Today, USS Gerald R. Ford made history with the successful landing and launching of aircraft from …
Christopher Woody
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The US Navy's next advanced aircraft carrier is 75% complete - watch the latest 827-ton chunk drop into place
The 75%-complete mark was reached on April 19, with the positioning of the 827-ton forward section …
Christopher Woody
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The newest US aircraft carrier is heading for deployment after a decade of hard lessons the Navy says it should 'never' do again
After years of struggles with a new design and technology, the first-in-class carrier USS Gerald R.…
Christopher Woody
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The USS Gerald R. Ford is setting sail after a 'challenging' 15 months in the shipyard - here's what's next for this $13 billion aircraft carrier
The Ford's crew and industry shipbuilding engineers will work together to validate systems that wer…
Ryan Pickrell
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How the Navy's newest aircraft carrier keeps jets flying with fewer sailors than older carriers
Aviation Boatswain's Mates (Equipment) keep flight operations going aboard Navy carriers. But USS G…
Mass Communication Specialist…
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The USS Ford is in the Atlantic for first-of-its-kind aircraft testing - here's what the Navy is learning about its new carrier
"What we're doing is validating years of test catapult shots that were done at the EMALS test facil…
Lt.j.g. Nicholas Spaleny, US …
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The US Navy's next advanced aircraft carrier is 70% complete - watch the latest 888-ton chuck drop into place
Construction on the Kennedy started in February 2011, with the "first cut of steel" ceremony at New…
Christopher Woody
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The Navy's new carrier is back at sea for more aircraft testing
"Ford is now proving all of the test-work accomplished at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. ov…
Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Falvo, US N…
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The world's most-advanced aircraft carrier is one step closer to completion
The Ford, like almost any large first-in-class defense project, has encountered substantial setback…
Alex Lockie
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The Navy's new $13 billion supercarriers have a high-tech feature that is apparently driving Trump crazy
The Navy used EMALS, instead of the steam launchers that were used for decades, and new advanced ar…
Ryan Pickrell
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Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson sues Baton Rouge over arrest at a protest
The governor and the Baton Rouge police chief have defended the response to the protests, with the …
Jeremy Berke,Associated Press
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Watch the US Navy's new first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford finally set sail on its first deployment
The Ford is the world's most advanced aircraft carrier, but trying to get all the new technology on…
Ryan Pickrell
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A US Navy aircraft carrier was ready to fight again within an hour of an F-35 fighter crashing on the flight deck
An F-35C stealth fighter crash-landed on the deck of the carrier USS Carl Vinson before slipping of…
Julie Coleman
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The US Navy set off a 40,000-pound explosive to see how its new supercarrier would hold up in a fight
The massive explosion triggered about 100 miles off the coast of Florida registered a 3.9 on the Ri…
Ryan Pickrell
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The US Navy fixed the propulsion problems on its $13 billion supercarrier, but the ship still has serious issues
While the completion of the work on the Ford's power plant moves the ship closer to returning to se…