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Gerald R. Ford-class Aircraft Carrier (CVN 78)

Next-generation class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers built by HII Newport News Shipbuilding for the U.S. Navy. Lead ship USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was delivered in 2017 as the force structure replacement for USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Follow-on ships John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) and Enterprise (CVN 80) are pre-commissioning units.

ProductionU.S. NavyFord classCVN 78 classGerald R. Ford classCVN 78

Contract obligations

$29.32B

Since FY2008 · 7 companies

Prime awards

Coded to this program

Contractors

Largest: HII

Contracts$29.32B obligated since FY2008

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Contractors7

HII$28.73B 98%
General Atomics$551M 1.9%
General Dynamics$32.3M 0.1%
CACI International$9.5M 0.0%
Curtiss-Wright$26K 0.0%
ADS$12K 0.0%

Awards30

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Government awards. Select a sortable column heading to sort.
								Conf.
General Atomics	AAG BUNDLE FOR ECP 0122-0124 DRAWINGS AND LOGISTICS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 5, 2025	$2.2M	$2.2M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	THIS EFFORT IS TO ESTABLISH A VEHICLE FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO INITIATE THE WORK SCOPE REQUIRED TO ACCELERATE THE SCHEDULE FOR THE FRENCH FFC PROGRAM TO TEST THE RAFALE M AIRCRAFT ON EMALS AND AAG.	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jul 12, 2024	$3.4M	$3.4M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	EMALS BSC SOFTWARE IN SUPPORT OF ECP-0061	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 28, 2023	$1.4M	$1.4M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	EMALS AND AAG F35 COMPATIBILITY BASELINE UPDATES	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jun 20, 2023	$8.4M	$8.8M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	NON-RECURRING ENGINEERING FOR PSBS GEN 2 TO GEN 3	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Apr 12, 2022	$223K	$223K	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	NRE DESIGN & RISK REDUCTION PSB GEN3 PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION FOR CVN78	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Dec 8, 2021	$7.6M	$7.9M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	ECP-I-EMALS-0042	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jun 7, 2021	$17.4M	$23.0M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	AAG CABLE RUNNING SHEETS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Apr 12, 2021	$384K	$384K	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	FOLLOWER SCREWS AND ILSNS ABOARD CVN 78	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Mar 1, 2021	$503K	$1000K	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	FY21 FORD CLASS SUSTAINMENT	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Dec 22, 2020	$15.9M	$16.3M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	EMALS ECPS: ECP-I-EMALS-0015, ECP-I-EMALS-0047, ECP-I-EMALS-0006	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 30, 2020	$13.2M	$13.2M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	ECP-I-EMALS-0024	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 11, 2020	$1.1M	$1.1M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	TORSION BRAKE ECP PROTOTYPE, PRODUCTION, AND PRODUCTION SPARES UNITS.	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Dec 18, 2019	$976K	$976K	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	EMALS TEST SITE OPERATIONS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Mar 11, 2019	$31.0M	$32.3M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	EMALS AND AAG SPARES	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jan 23, 2019	$23.0M	$23.0M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
CACI, Inc. – Federal	PEO CARRIERS SUPPORT	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jun 29, 2018	$9.5M	$135M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
Newport News Shipbuilding	CVN 80 ENGINEERING EFFORTS AND STEEL	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	May 23, 2016	$12.37B	$19.92B	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
Curtiss-Wright	CONTROLLER BOARD ASSEMBLIES	U.S. Navy	Purchase Order	Oct 30, 2015	$14K	$14K	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
Amentum	200507!058765!1700!N00178!NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER !N0017804D4042 !A!N! !Y!0003 ! !20050429!20050930!083070925!065262573!043271568!N!EG&G TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC !900 CLOPPER ROAD !GAITHERSBURG !MD!20878!21008!099!51!DAHLGREN !KING GEORGE !VIRGINIA !+000000525000!N!N!000000000000!R408!PROGRAM MANAGEMENT/SUPPORT SERVICES !S1 !SERVICES !330 !AESA !541330!E! !5!B!M! !A!D!20090331!B! ! !A! !A!N!U!2!021!B! !Z!N!Z! ! !N!C!N! ! ! !A!A!A!A!000!A!C!N! ! ! ! !1700!N00178!0001! !	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 23, 2015	−$389K	—	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
Curtiss-Wright	IGF::OT::IGF REPAIR AND TESTING OF HEATER	U.S. Navy	Purchase Order	Aug 10, 2015	$12K	$12K	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
ADS	THERMOBAK 3L, 100OZ, BLACK P/N: 62608-C QTY: 300	U.S. Navy	Purchase Order	Jul 22, 2015	$12K	$12K	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
Newport News Shipbuilding	DETAIL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CVN 79	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Jun 5, 2015	$4.53B	$4.62B	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
Newport News Shipbuilding	CVN 78 CLASS HPY CORE FY15	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Apr 20, 2015	$79.9M	$95.3M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
HII Mission Technologies Corp.	TECH SVCS IN SUPPORT OF PROJ MGT FOR CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR & MAINT PRODUCT LINES	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Apr 13, 2009	$1.2M	—	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Dynamics Information Technology	ENGINEERING SVCS FOR ONBOARD INSTALLATION/TESTING OF EQUIPMENT ON US NAVY SHIPS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Feb 12, 2009	$32.3M	$47.0M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
Newport News Shipbuilding	TAS::17 1611::TAS CVN79 CONSTRUCTION PREPARATION EFFORTS FY09	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Jan 15, 2009	$4.52B	$5.39B	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
Newport News Shipbuilding	TAS::17 1611::TAS CVN 78 SHIP CONSTRUCTION	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Sep 10, 2008	$6.65B	$6.69B	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
General Atomics	200411!001061!1700!A8050 !NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER, AIRCRA!N6833504C0167 !A!N! !N! ! !20040402!20090403!067638957!067638957!859181984!N!GENERAL ATOMICS !3550 GENERAL ATOMICS COURT!SAN DIEGO !CA!92121!37800!029!34!LAKEHURST AIR ENGINE!OCEAN !NEW JERSEY!+000016000000!N!N!000145621824!1710!AIRCRAFT LANDING EQUIPMENT !A1C!OTHER AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT !223 !CVN(X) !541710!A!A!3! ! ! ! ! !99990909!B! ! !A! !A!N!R!2!002!N!1G!A!N!Z! ! !N!C!N! ! ! !Z!B!A!A!000!A!B!N! ! ! !Y! ! !0001! !	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Nov 20, 2007	$424M	$32.0M	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
Newport News Shipbuilding	EXTEND PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Oct 18, 2007	$572M	$0	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported
Newport News Shipbuilding	CVN 79 IPPD.	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Oct 17, 2007	$11.4M	—	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)	Reported

Obligations are signed USAspending prime-contract actions coded to this program, FY2008 to date, credited to the company that received each action. Obligations are money committed, not company revenue.