{"id":469618,"date":"2026-04-23T01:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/ford-class-carriers-on-the-chopping-block\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:40:15","slug":"ford-class-carriers-on-the-chopping-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/ford-class-carriers-on-the-chopping-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford-Class Carriers on the Chopping Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n\nThe most expensive warship ever built might not get any siblings. Navy Secretary John Phelan announced on April 21 that the service is conducting a comprehensive review of the Ford-class aircraft carrier design \u2014 and he pointedly refused to rule out canceling future ships in the class.\n\n&#8220;It&#8217;s too early to say,&#8221; Phelan told reporters when asked directly whether the review could end the program. &#8220;But we will have carriers.&#8221;\n\nThat&#8217;s not the ringing endorsement a $13 billion-per-ship program usually gets.\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f4f4f4;border-left:4px solid #333;padding:18px 22px;margin:18px 0 28px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:17px\">Quick Facts<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8\">\n<li><strong>Under review:<\/strong> Ford-class carrier design and systems<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cost per ship:<\/strong> ~$13 billion (CVN-78 exceeded $13.3B)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ships at stake:<\/strong> USS William Jefferson Clinton &#038; USS George W. Bush (planned, not contracted)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Review timeline:<\/strong> Expected complete by late May 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key question:<\/strong> &#8220;How superior is the Ford to the older Nimitz class?&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Question Nobody Wanted to Ask<\/h2>\n\nPhelan framed the review as routine fiscal responsibility \u2014 &#8220;a prudent and practical&#8221; look at &#8220;the costs of the designs and the systems to make sure that they make sense.&#8221; But the subtext is unmistakable. The Navy is asking whether the Ford class, with its electromagnetic catapults, advanced arresting gear, and dual-band radar, delivers enough advantage over the proven Nimitz class to justify the massive cost premium.\n\nThe Ford&#8217;s electromagnetic launch system (EMALS) has been a particular flashpoint. President Trump has repeatedly criticized the technology, once claiming during an Oval Office meeting that the catapults &#8220;didn&#8217;t work&#8221; and that the Navy should return to steam-powered systems. While EMALS has since demonstrated reliable operations, the political headwinds persist.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=2032885844  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/fb\/USS_Gerald_R._Ford_%28CVN_78%29_shock_ttrial_1.jpg\/960px-USS_Gerald_R._Ford_%28CVN_78%29_shock_ttrial_1.jpg\" alt=\"USS Gerald R. Ford shock trial explosion\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">USS Gerald R. Ford during full-ship shock trials in 2021 \u2014 a 40,000-pound explosive charge detonated alongside the hull to test survivability. The Ford class may not get future sisters. (US Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Two Presidents&#8217; Names, Zero Contracts<\/h2>\n\nThe ships on the line are the fourth and fifth Ford-class carriers, named USS William Jefferson Clinton and USS George W. Bush by the Biden administration. Neither has been contracted yet. If the review concludes that a modified Nimitz design \u2014 or an entirely new concept \u2014 offers better value, those names may never grace a flight deck.\n\nThe alternative is Trump&#8217;s own pet project: the &#8220;Trump-class battleship,&#8221; a surface combatant concept estimated at over $17 billion per hull. Whether that design could replace carrier aviation&#8217;s role in power projection is a question the Navy has so far declined to address publicly.\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Ford vs. Nimitz: The Real Scorecard<\/h2>\n\nOn paper, the Ford class offers significant improvements. EMALS can launch aircraft more smoothly and with less maintenance than steam catapults. The Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) handles a wider range of aircraft weights. The dual-band radar eliminates the need for separate search and targeting systems. And the ship&#8217;s electrical architecture generates three times the power of a Nimitz, future-proofing it for directed-energy weapons and advanced sensors.\n\nBut the Nimitz class has something the Ford can&#8217;t match: a track record. Ten Nimitz-class carriers have operated for decades with predictable maintenance cycles and well-understood costs. The Ford spent years in post-delivery trials fixing problems with its advanced weapons elevators and combat systems.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=1963407309  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/52\/USS_Gerald_R._Ford_%28CVN-78%29_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_9_October_2022_%28221009-N-TL968-1248%29.JPG\/960px-USS_Gerald_R._Ford_%28CVN-78%29_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_9_October_2022_%28221009-N-TL968-1248%29.JPG\" alt=\"USS Gerald R. Ford underway in the Atlantic Ocean\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">USS Gerald R. Ford underway in the Atlantic, October 2022. The carrier is currently deployed to the Persian Gulf as part of the US naval buildup against Iran. (US Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Carrier Question Gets Louder<\/h2>\n\nThis review doesn&#8217;t exist in a vacuum. The Navy is simultaneously facing questions about whether large-deck carriers remain viable in an era of long-range anti-ship missiles. China&#8217;s DF-26 and DF-21D \u2014 the so-called &#8220;carrier killers&#8221; \u2014 have made some strategists argue that concentrating 5,000 sailors and 75 aircraft on a single hull is an unacceptable risk.\n\nThe counterargument, reinforced daily in the Persian Gulf, is that nothing else projects airpower like a carrier. The Ford and Lincoln CSGs are currently the backbone of US combat operations against Iran, launching hundreds of sorties per day from international waters.\n\nWhether the Navy builds more Fords, reverts to Nimitz, or invents something entirely new, the review&#8217;s conclusion next month will shape American naval aviation for the next half-century.\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:28px\"><em>Sources: Washington Post, USNI News, The War Zone, Washington Times<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Related Posts<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/three-carriers-one-strait-the-biggest-naval-buildup-since-iraq\/\">Three Carriers, One Strait: The Biggest Naval Buildup Since Iraq<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most expensive warship ever built might not get any siblings. 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