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Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress CVN-78, CVN-79, and CVN-80 are the first three ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN- 78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). The Navy’s proposed FY2016 budget requests procurement or advance procurement (AP) funding for all three ships—a rare occurrence of the Navy requesting procurement or AP funding for three aircraft carriers in a single year. CVN-78 was procured in FY2008.