U.S. Navy takes delivery of aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford Posted on June 2, 2017June 2, 2017 by alert5 Huntington Ingalls Industries has delivered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) to the U.S. Navy on May 31. Graphic: Huntington Ingalls Industries The first-of-class aircraft carrier completed its acceptance trials on May 26. Related posts (Automatically Generated): Huntington risks losing $194 million for cost overuns with USS Gerald R. Ford Flight deck of PCU Gerald R. Ford completed Cost overruns of USS Gerald R. Ford could top $1.1 billion U.S. Navy christens USS Gerald Ford This is what it looks like to catapult from the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launching System F/A-18 carried out testing of PALS while CVN-78 was moored pier side