Wi-Fi kitchens and ‘NASCAR’-style refueling: A look at USS Gerald R. Ford’s latest Navy tech

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NAPLES, Italy — Watching the fighter planes launching from zero to 150 mph in two seconds is the roaring main event for visitors to an aircraft carrier during an exercise.

But at some point during the day, a sailor below decks aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford will turn 500 pounds of trash into nearly nothing, saving shipmates the unpleasant job of sorting and storing that continues on other aircraft carriers.