Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers

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Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers are the U.S. Navy’s latest generation of nuclear-powered supercarriers, featuring advanced technologies to increase sortie rates, reduce crew size, and enhance combat capabilities compared to earlier Nimitz-class ships.

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instanceOf aircraft carrier class
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
supercarrier
builtAt Newport News Shipbuilding
builtBy Ingalls Shipbuilding
surface form: Huntington Ingalls Industries
countryOfOrigin United States of America
designedBy United States Navy
designedFor enhanced combat capability
increased sortie generation rate
reduced crew size
designedForLifecycle reduced total ownership cost
designedToReplace Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
enteredService 2017
firstOfClass USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
hasCapability air superiority operations
carrier air wing operations
humanitarian assistance and disaster relief support
maritime security operations
strike warfare
hasFeature Advanced Arresting Gear
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
advanced weapons elevators
automation for reduced manning
dual-band radar
enhanced electrical power generation
improved nuclear propulsion plant
reconfigured flight deck
reduced island size
hasImprovementOver Nimitz-class crew requirements
Nimitz-class electrical power margin
Nimitz-class maintenance requirements
Nimitz-class sortie generation rate
hasUnit USS Doris Miller (CVN-81)
USS Enterprise (CVN-80)
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)
hullClassificationSymbol Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers self-linksurface differs
surface form: CVN-78-class
intendedService blue-water naval operations
power projection
sea-based air operations
namedAfter Gerald Ford
surface form: Gerald R. Ford
operator United States Navy
powerplant nuclear reactor
predecessor Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
role aircraft launch and recovery platform
flagship of carrier strike group
serviceBranch United States Navy

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Newport News Shipbuilding builds Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier succeededBy Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
this entity surface form: Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers hullClassificationSymbol Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
this entity surface form: CVN-78-class
NNS notableProduct Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
subject surface form: Newport News Shipbuilding