For now, the USS Gerald R. Ford will remain the sole ship in its class to sail the seas. The US Navy’s Nimitz-class ...

This story has been updated to include a statement from HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding. The next Ford-class aircraft carrier ...

On July 13, 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at his party’s convention.

NORFOLK, Va. — Originally scheduled to be ready in July of 2025, the John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier being built at Newport ...