The Navy plans to officially commission
the Ford into the fleet sometime this
summer.

The Navy just took delivery of the
world's most advanced aircraft carrier
on Wednesday, the service said in a
news release.

The future USS Gerald Ford (CVN-78)
finished acceptance trials under the
shipbuilder, Newport News
Shipbuilding, on May 26. Soon after
those trials, which tested and verified
the ship's basic motor functions, the
Navy officially picked up the ship from
the builder, representing the first new
aircraft carrier for the service since
1975.
The Navy plans to officially commission
the Ford into the fleet sometime this
summer.

The Ford is packed with plenty of new
technology and upgrades, like a beefier
nuclear power plant that can handle
lasers and railguns. It also has a larger
flight deck with an electromagnetic
aircraft launch system, which can
handle more wear and tear from
launching jets off the deck than older
steam-powered systems.

"Over the last several years, thousands
of people have had a hand in delivering
Ford to the Navy — designing, building
and testing the Navy's newest, most
capable, most advanced warship," Rear
Adm. Brian Antonio, program executive
officer for aircraft carriers, said in a
statement. "Without a doubt, we would
not be here without the hard work and
dedication of those from the program
office, our engineering teams and those
who performed and oversaw
construction of this incredible warship.
It is because of them that Ford
performed so well during acceptance
trials, as noted by the Navy's Board of
Inspection and Survey."

Besides being the most advanced ship
ever built, it's also the most expensive:
The final tally to build it came just shy
of $13 billion. Still, with it's high-tech
gear, the Navy expects to save about $4
billion on this ship over its lifetime
since it has more automation and better
systems.

Which Navy?

U.S Leads Odas Follow Including Russia And China.

OVI75:
U.S Leads Odas Follow Including Russia And China.

Even U.S doesn't play around with the two you mentioned.

Op why you dey lie say more pictures dey your blog? I was really interested in seeing more pictures and you disappointed me.

Is this life?

By God's grace in d nearest future, I will become d President of dis great country called Nigeria and I will spend gud money in uplifting our military, I will subsidize science related courses in d University, our military will start developing our own kind of weapons and no country will ever threaten any of our citizens. But first of all, I will set-up a gud hit squad dat will take care of every religious bigot,tribalism, in fact so many idi.ots will have to die to make dis country achieve her potential, censor our so called media n social networks just like China did. Spend gud money in building fences in our loose boarders and i pity those rogues in our national assembly cos (make i no just talk).

can it carry a rocket?

A sitting duck which without the protection of other assault ships in it's group will be a ready target for missiles. I do my hat to the Russians. Even their carrier Kuznetsov is armed with different types of missiles, SAMs, SALs. ..

OVI75:
U.S Lead Odas Follow Including Russia And China.

Problem with the US, is that their military hardware are always pricey and well inflated. That's why their defence budget is one of the highest in the world. Russia will build this ship for half or quarter of the price

icedfire:
Problem with the US, is that their military hardware are always pricey and well inflated. That's why their defence budget is one of the highest in the world. Russia will build this ship for half or quarter of the price

Russia is not counted to build this particular ship!
not this ship!

Russia has its own defence model

icedfire:
Problem with the US, is that their military hardware are always pricey and well inflated. That's why their defence budget is one of the highest in the world. Russia will build this ship for half or quarter of the price

Russia don't need carrier because they don't build bases like US.
Russia don't like leaving her land cos they are not at war with anybody.
If not for Syria, the main Russia ally apart Iran in middle east.
Russia need no carrier

OVI75:
U.S Leads Odas Follow Including Russia And China.

Leads what?
How to remove another country leader?
Explain more abeg

icedfire:
Problem with the US, is that their military hardware are always pricey and well inflated. That's why their defence budget is one of the highest in the world. Russia will build this ship for half or quarter of the price

Lovely target practice for a salvo of 5 Zircon missiles priced at $20m.

DictatorZAR1:


Lovely target practice for a salvo of 5 Zircon missiles priced at $20m.

[quote author=seunny4lif post=57105742] Leads what? How to remove another country leader?


Lol at "lead in how to remove another country's leader?

DictatorZAR1:


Lovely target practice for a salvo of 5 Zircon missiles priced at $20m.

in a class of its own- carriers should be compared to carriers. Yes no carrier in the world is immuned from being sunk especially in a world of Brahamos, Lrasm and harpoon.

seunny4lif:

Russia don't need carrier because they don't build bases like US.
Russia don't like leaving her land cos they are not at war with anybody.
If not for Syria, the main Russia ally apart Iran in middle east.
Russia need no carrier

you are only good at decorating your directionless wording with irrelavant pictures stolen from another person on nairaland.
There is no Country that doesn't need Carriers to project jer military might in the world. China will soon commission another carrier. So stop spreading falsehood about issues beyound the peak of your knowledge.

seunny4lif:

I said it, as expecte. You only know how to steal pix and post on comment. Foolish kid

Mazeltovscotty:
I said it, as expecte. You only know how to steal pix and post on comment. Foolish kid

You brain no dey work
Foolish kid
Them dey steal pics for Nairaland
This guy na mumu