The US Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, successfully launched and recovered a fighter jet for the first time. http://cnn.it/2uj2uwt | CNN

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and its escort ships are expected to head from the Caribbean to the Middle East, three U.S. officials told CBS News, adding a second aircraft carrier to the region as tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to simmer. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio explains what this could mean. | CBS News

3 Trials 2 Words: Shock. Proven. 1 Ship: USS Gerald R. Ford - CVN 78 USS Gerald R. Ford Conducts Final Explosive Event, Successfully Completing Full Ship Shock Trials Combat ready in the face of strategic competition, the #USNavy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, CVN 78 is engineered to support new technologies and a modern air wing essential to deterring and defeating near-peer adversaries in a complex maritime environment. “We’re designing and building these aircraft carriers to sai

...And awe. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford - CVN 78 successfully completed full-ship shock trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean. New ship designs undergo shock trials using live explosives to confirm they can meet demanding mission requirements under possible battle conditions. | U.S. Department of War

Unverified reports claim the USS Gerald R. Ford was struck near Iran, but there’s no official confirmation. | Engineering Facts

The Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are currently being constructed for the United States Navy, which intends to eventually acquire ten of these ships in order to replace current carriers on a one-for-one basis, starting with the lead ship of her class, Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), replacing Enterprise (CVN-65), and later the Nimitz-class carriers. The new vessels have a hull similar to the Nimitz class, but they carry technologies since developed with the CVN(X)/CVN-21 progra