Ford Class Aircraft Carrier
The ''Gerald R. Ford'' class is a ship class, class of Nuclear propulsion, nuclear powered aircraft carriers currently being constructed for the United States Navy. The class, with a planned total of ten ships, will replace List of aircraft carriers in the United States Navy, the Navy's current carriers on a one-for-one basis, starting with the lead ship, , replacing , and then eventually taking the place of the existing carriers. The new vessels have a hull similar to the ''Nimitz''-class, but introduce technologies since developed with the CVN(X)/CVN-21 program,Before its redesignation to ''Gerald R. Ford'' class, the new carrier (CVN-78) was known as the CVN(X) carrier program ("X" meaning "in development") and then as the CVN-21 carrier program. (Here, "21" is not a hull number, but rather it is common in future plans of the US military, alluding to the 21st century.) such as the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), as well as other design features intended to imp ...
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