Although current projections suggest the Navy will put down the funds for the ship in Fiscal Year 2028, it will certainly take years to build beyond then.

The service is looking at how superior Ford-class carriers are to Nimitz-class carriers, said the recently ousted Navy Secretary John Phelan.

WASHINGTON — The US seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship after “blowing a hole” in its engine room when it tried to break past the Navy blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump revealed Sunday.

The USS Spruance "disabled Touska's propulsion by firing several rounds from the destroyer's 5-inch MK 45 Gun into Touska's engine room," CENTCOM stated.

The U.S. Navy has been ordered to gun down any speedboats suspected of laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz during the ceasefire; it will also continue its blockade of Iranian ports “for as long as it takes,

USS Spruance ran through procedure with the Iranian-flagged vessel before finally opening fire with its deck gun when the boat didn't comply.

On Tuesday, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) will reach the record for the longest post-Vietnam War-era deployment, having spent 294 days at sea

The first production-representative Boeing MQ-25 Stingray completed its maiden flight on April 25, 2026, marking a key step toward carrier-based unmanned refueling for the US Navy.