Contract Awarded For Nimitz Sucessor

The Gerald R. Ford, which will succeed the Nimitz Class, and contain such bits of tech as (quoting from article):

a new flight deck with an improved weapon handling system, advanced arresting gear, a newly developed electromagnetic aircraft launch system, new and simplified nuclear propulsion plants and a new electrical power generation system.

One hopes that its progress will be smoother than the Littoral Combat Ship or the DDG-1000 Zumwalt's, but I doubt it.