It will be the lead ship of a new class of aircraft carriers, the first designed by the U.S. Navy since the Nimitz-class design in the 1960s.

它将是新一代航空母舰的主导舰船，自从1960年代的尼米兹设计以来第一次由美国海军设计。

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The new carrier is also designed to significantly reduce maintenance costs from those of the current Nimitz class of carriers, another major driver of life-cycle costs.

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Nimitz-class carriers are more than 1082 feet (330 metres) long and weigh almost 100, 000 tonnes.

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It and the seven other operational Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are the core of the US's world conventional military reach.

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