Ford is not just any technological marvel—she’s the most advanced and most powerful ship in the world.

NORFOLK, Va. ( WGN) — As part of a time-honored United States Navy tradition, a Wheeling native assumed command of the ...

The Navy has begun a $145 million overhaul of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard’s “electrical backbone,” the first step in ...

The U.S. is losing the hypersonic arms race to China—but a formidable, new weapon could change the game. When the U.S. Navy’s ...

The ship is nearing completion at Newport News Shipbuilding and is scheduled to join the fleet later this year.

Ford until Sunday. The USS Gerald R. Ford is a first-in-class nuclear aircraft carrier, the largest in the Navy. It is stationed in Norfolk, Virginia. According to the Navy, Burgess led the Ford ...

From submarines and aircraft carriers to destroyers ... impacting its next-generation projects. The second Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, USS John F. Kennedy, was scheduled for delivery back ...

China has “the world’s leading hypersonic missile arsenal” that can threaten U.S. Navy ships, according to the Defense ...

A Wheeling native now has command of the world’s largest aircraft carrier. Capt. David Skarosi relieved Capt. Rick Burgess as commanding officer of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during a ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford earned two Battle “E” Efficiency awards, two Chief of Naval Operations Aviation “S” Safety awards, the ...