Bigger and better: Newest Navy carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, will deploy from Norfolk on Monday

Touted as the Navy’s most technologically advanced carrier, the Gerald R. Ford is the first to use a new aircraft-launching technology called the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, also known as EMALS, to put planes in the air 25% faster.

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