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CBS Chicago
March 28, 2018
Lockheed Martin patents its design for a potentially revolutionary compact fusion reactor (CFR). If it progresses on schedule, they could debut a prototype the size of shipping container, but capable of powering a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier or 80k homes, in next year or so pic.twitter.com/YZV0W7Pqw2.
Preeceville and the Sturgis Review
March 28, 2018
“No, I'm not joking. I represent the Canadian government. I would like to buy a Ford-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier. You know, the one with the fancy-schmancy electromagnetic catapults and arresting wires. Not one of those old Nimitz-class ones. They're soooo 1970s. I want a 21st-century carrier.
Newsweek
March 28, 2018
Though impressive, this is still less than the U.S. Navy's Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarriers, which are the largest warships ever built. The USS George H.W. Bush—the most recent Nimitz-class carrier—is 1,092-feet long, displaces around 102,000 tons and generally carries up to 56 fixed-wingÃâà...
Aerotech News (blog)
March 27, 2018
“I have tight ties to Lincoln,” said Horan. “It's personally interesting for me, but also professionally, it's really neat to see this aircraft out there with other aircraft; we haven't done that before. Previously, all the CQ evolutions have just been F-35s.” The F-35C complements the tactical fighter fleet with aÃâà...
Navy Recognition
March 24, 2018
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica Paulauskas, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Public Affairs Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) completed fleet carrier qualifications (CQ) for the F-35C Lightning II program, marking another milestone for the new aircraft, whileÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 17, 2018
The roar of afterburners as a pair of Super Hornet fighters take off from the USS Carl Vinson reverberates up through the flight deck and is absorbed by the body and head of anyone standing on deck. Crew in overalls coloured to denote their deck duties scurry from jet to jet for the next launches and, in aÃâà...
wtkr.com
March 14, 2018
28, 2018) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), right, conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) and the German navy Sachsen-class frigate FGS Hessen (F221). Harry S. Truman has successfully completedÃâà...
FreightWaves
March 14, 2018
On March 5, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) made a port call in Da Nang, Vietnam. Sailors from the Carl Vinson engaged in training alongside personnel from the Vietnamese Navy, as well as onshore cultural activities. That's perfectly normal. What wasn't normal was the prestigeÃâà...
Estevan Mercury
March 14, 2018
“No, I'm not joking. I represent the Canadian government. I would like to buy a Ford-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier. You know, the one with the fancy schmancy electromagnetic catapults and arresting wires. Not one of those old Nimitz-class ones. They're soooo 1970s. I want a 21st century carrier.
Naval Technology
March 13, 2018
The US Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) has successfully completed its Maintenance and Material Management Inspection (3MI). The navy conducts a 3MI programme on-board its aircraft carriers every two years in order to ensure that the vessel is being properlyÃâà...
USNI News
March 12, 2018
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy's deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of March 12, 2018, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the map reflects the location of the capitalÃâà...
Naval Technology
March 7, 2018
The US Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) has successfully completed the Board of Inspection and Survey's (INSURV) material inspection (MI). INSURV inspectors evaluated the vessel according to US Navy standards as part of the inspection process, which wasÃâà...
South China Morning Post
March 6, 2018
... People in Beijing, part of China's 'Two Sessions'. Photo: Reuters. Rear Admiral John Fuller, the commander of the battlegroup accompanying the USS Carl Vinson, meanwhile said the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was continuing operations in the area in accordance with international law.
TIME
March 2, 2018
One of America's longest-serving Nimitz-class carriers, the Vinson is midway through a deployment that has sent its Strike Group One to Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines. The group's commander, Rear Admiral John Fuller, says his mission is threefold: fortify friendships; maintain stability; keep theÃâà...
War Is Boring
December 31, 1999
On March 17, 2017 in the Atlantic, a fighter jet landed onto the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The only difference this time was that the pilot was Finnish, not American. Capt. Juha “Stallion” Jarvinen's landing was the first landing on an aircraft carrier by a Finnish air force pilot in history,Ãâà...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
Well, between the ten Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and the freshly commissioned USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the first of her class, you might think the answer is 11 — but you'd be underestimating. There are nine other ships in the fleet that can serve as carriers in a pinch. Those are theÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
December 31, 1999
Even at first glance, PCU Gerald R. Ford is an impressive sight even as she was moored pierside at Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia next to older Nimitz-class carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)—one of America's oldest flattops, USS George Washington (CVN-73) and USS Abraham LincolnÃâà...
Naval Technology
December 31, 1999
The US Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz (CVN 68), has entered a dry dock for its scheduled docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) period following a six-month deployment to the US 5th and 7th Fleets. The vessel travelled to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and IntermediateÃâà...
