Featured in Ford ClassBYTyler RogowayOct 31, 2019ShareCheck Out These Shots Of America’s New Supercarrier Ripping Through High-Speed TurnsThe USS Gerald R. Ford is a mess developmentally, but it is one wicked-looking ship in a Star Wars Imperial Cruiser kind of way. BYTyler RogowayOct 31, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 24, 2019ShareTop Navy Official Lashes Out Over Troubled New Carrier That May Not Be Ready Until 2024 NowNavy Secretary Richard Spencer said Trump should fire him if certain systems didn’t work on time, now he’s bemoaning Congress and the shipbuilder. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 24, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 31, 2019ShareThe Navy’s Troubled New Carrier Still Only Has Two Working Weapons ElevatorsThe Navy will break a very public pledge to have all 11 weapons elevators on Ford working when the ship leaves drydock in October. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 31, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 16, 2019ShareThis Is The Only Photo Of A U.S. Navy Supercarrier Being Sunk (Updated)The haunting image depicts a scene that hopefully won’t ever be repeated during an operational deployment. BYTyler RogowayJul 16, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 8, 2019ShareParts From The Retired USS Enterprise Are Keeping Her Successors Ready For CombatAnchors, catapult parts, and steel from the world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier are already on other flattops or will go into future ones. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 8, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 8, 2019ShareThe Puzzling Case Of The Navy’s Attempt To Retire Supercarrier USS Harry S. Truman EarlyLegislators are already opposing the proposal, which contradicts every known requirement and policy, and we don’t truly know if it’s even real at all. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 8, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 8, 2019ShareTrump “Orders” Navy To Keep Supercarrier USS Truman That His Own Budget Asked To RetireThere are still unanswered questions about why the Pentagon and the Navy had proposed retiring the flattop early, to begin with. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 8, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 11, 2019ShareHere Is The Navy’s Ultra Ambitious New Plan To Get To 355 Ships In Just 15 YearsThe service will face huge challenges in meeting that goal and just sustaining those vessels will cost many billions more than it spends now. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 11, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 4, 2019ShareNavy’s F-35C Stealth Fighters Won’t Fly From Troubled New Ford Class Carriers For YearsNow, lawmakers want to make it illegal for the Navy to take delivery of the next carrier in the class if it can’t deploy the jets. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 4, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickFeb 14, 2019ShareNavy’s Newest Carrier Needs Critical Updates To Launch And Recover Aircraft With Certain LoadoutsThe service still needs to conduct additional testing so that the ship can operate F/A-18E/Fs and EA-18Gs in any configuration. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 14, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 30, 2019ShareNavy’s New Carrier Still Can’t Reliably Get Planes In The Air Or Safely Back On The DeckThe Navy’s newest and most advanced carrier can’t make it through a day of operations, on average, without a launch and recovery system failure. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 2, 2018ShareThe Navy Could Need More Than 15 Years and Over $1.5B To Scrap USS EnterpriseNo one has ever done this before and the service is struggling to figure out how best to get rid of its first nuclear-powered supercarrier. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 2, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 25, 2018ShareNavy Could Extend The Life Of USS Nimitz Past 50 Years To Maintain 12 Carrier FleetThe House Armed Service Committee wants the Navy to figure out a way to make sure there are 12 supercarriers in the fleet going into the mid 2020s. BYTyler RogowayApr 25, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 30, 2017ShareSenators Are Finally Funding A Design Study For A New Light Aircraft CarrierCould this be the beginning of the end for the Navy’s decades old all nuclear supercarrier procurement strategy? BYTyler RogowayJun 30, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 11, 2017ShareTrump Tells Navy To Ditch New Catapult, Babbles Incoherently About F-35Trump orders Navy to go back to steam catapults while jubilantly singing the F-35’s praises. BYTyler RogowayMay 11, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 31, 2016ShareNavy’s Troubled New Carrier Undergoing Long Overdue ReviewBetter late than never, I guess. BYTyler RogowayAug 31, 2016Share12
BYTyler RogowayOct 31, 2019ShareCheck Out These Shots Of America’s New Supercarrier Ripping Through High-Speed TurnsThe USS Gerald R. Ford is a mess developmentally, but it is one wicked-looking ship in a Star Wars Imperial Cruiser kind of way. BYTyler RogowayOct 31, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 24, 2019ShareTop Navy Official Lashes Out Over Troubled New Carrier That May Not Be Ready Until 2024 NowNavy Secretary Richard Spencer said Trump should fire him if certain systems didn’t work on time, now he’s bemoaning Congress and the shipbuilder. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 24, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 31, 2019ShareThe Navy’s Troubled New Carrier Still Only Has Two Working Weapons ElevatorsThe Navy will break a very public pledge to have all 11 weapons elevators on Ford working when the ship leaves drydock in October. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 31, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 16, 2019ShareThis Is The Only Photo Of A U.S. Navy Supercarrier Being Sunk (Updated)The haunting image depicts a scene that hopefully won’t ever be repeated during an operational deployment. BYTyler RogowayJul 16, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 8, 2019ShareParts From The Retired USS Enterprise Are Keeping Her Successors Ready For CombatAnchors, catapult parts, and steel from the world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier are already on other flattops or will go into future ones. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 8, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 8, 2019ShareThe Puzzling Case Of The Navy’s Attempt To Retire Supercarrier USS Harry S. Truman EarlyLegislators are already opposing the proposal, which contradicts every known requirement and policy, and we don’t truly know if it’s even real at all. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 8, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 8, 2019ShareTrump “Orders” Navy To Keep Supercarrier USS Truman That His Own Budget Asked To RetireThere are still unanswered questions about why the Pentagon and the Navy had proposed retiring the flattop early, to begin with. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 8, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 11, 2019ShareHere Is The Navy’s Ultra Ambitious New Plan To Get To 355 Ships In Just 15 YearsThe service will face huge challenges in meeting that goal and just sustaining those vessels will cost many billions more than it spends now. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 11, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 4, 2019ShareNavy’s F-35C Stealth Fighters Won’t Fly From Troubled New Ford Class Carriers For YearsNow, lawmakers want to make it illegal for the Navy to take delivery of the next carrier in the class if it can’t deploy the jets. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 4, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 14, 2019ShareNavy’s Newest Carrier Needs Critical Updates To Launch And Recover Aircraft With Certain LoadoutsThe service still needs to conduct additional testing so that the ship can operate F/A-18E/Fs and EA-18Gs in any configuration. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 14, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 30, 2019ShareNavy’s New Carrier Still Can’t Reliably Get Planes In The Air Or Safely Back On The DeckThe Navy’s newest and most advanced carrier can’t make it through a day of operations, on average, without a launch and recovery system failure. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 2, 2018ShareThe Navy Could Need More Than 15 Years and Over $1.5B To Scrap USS EnterpriseNo one has ever done this before and the service is struggling to figure out how best to get rid of its first nuclear-powered supercarrier. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 2, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 25, 2018ShareNavy Could Extend The Life Of USS Nimitz Past 50 Years To Maintain 12 Carrier FleetThe House Armed Service Committee wants the Navy to figure out a way to make sure there are 12 supercarriers in the fleet going into the mid 2020s. BYTyler RogowayApr 25, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 30, 2017ShareSenators Are Finally Funding A Design Study For A New Light Aircraft CarrierCould this be the beginning of the end for the Navy’s decades old all nuclear supercarrier procurement strategy? BYTyler RogowayJun 30, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 11, 2017ShareTrump Tells Navy To Ditch New Catapult, Babbles Incoherently About F-35Trump orders Navy to go back to steam catapults while jubilantly singing the F-35’s praises. BYTyler RogowayMay 11, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 31, 2016ShareNavy’s Troubled New Carrier Undergoing Long Overdue ReviewBetter late than never, I guess. BYTyler RogowayAug 31, 2016Share