This is America's new $13 billion warship-The ship will feature a host of changes over the current Nimitz-class carrier. Ford-class carriers will be capable of generating three times more electrical power than the older carrier classes, for example. This increased electrical power supply allows the Ford to use the newly designed Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), which will allow the vessel to launch 25% more aircraft a day than the previous steam-powered launch systems.
{"Image ImageDescription": "A composite photo illustration representing the Ford-class aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79).  The carrier, underconstruction at Newport News Shipbuilding, is the second Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the second U.S. Navy carrier named for the 35th U. S. President.", "Image DateTime": "2011:06:23 13:41:34", "Image Copyright": "\u00a92011 Huntington Ingalls Industries"}