Virginia. You are watching the landing here on the gerald ford. It will become the uss gerald ford once the president commissions it here in just about an hour or so, as this ceremony goes on. The ship itself is 1,092 feet in length and cost 12. 9 billion dollars. Like so many military projects, it has been overbudget and theres been a lot of controversy surrounding the cost. We broke it down, thats 113 Million Dollars per foot. That includes a lot of new technology here on this ship. New what they call dual band radar that will allow it to see over the horizon for threats. We know the chinese have been trying to come up with carrier missiles. That radar will help with that. Pretty loud as you hear these helicopters come in. Were told they have been doing touch and goes on the flight deck. The flight deck is so new that in the past when they land it, theres been a spraying of what they call the nonskid paint just blown off. They had to get that off for the past 48 hours or so, they hav