"The John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is nearly 95% construction complete and has a contract delivery date of July 2025," Navy officials said in a joint statement before the Senate Armed Services ...

Following successful “no-load” testing on catapults one and two, known as the ‘bow cats,’ the NNS team, alongside the John F. Kennedy crew, has now started “dead-load” testing. In this ...

Newport News Shipbuilding recently installed the first piece of John F. Kennedy’s (CVN 79) flight deck, which includes command and control, pilot ready rooms, jet blast deflector and components ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) reports $3.1B Q2 revenue, backlog at $56.9B, with enhanced free cash flow guidance.

HII announced Wednesday that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division recently started topside testing of the electromagnetic aircraft launch system on aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79).

Impressively, on Feb 21, 2024, HII began topside testing the electromagnetic aircraft launch system on aircraft carrier CVN 79 to replace the existing steam catapults in use on the Nimitz-class ...

Newport News Shipbuilding division recently eclipsed the 20% mark on compartment completion, turning over to the ship’s crew more than 500 of the total 2,615 spaces. It also has installed more ...

What You Need to Know: The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, faces delays and is now expected to join the U.S. Navy by 2025.

As the U.S. Navy gets ready for the christening of the of the next-generation aircraft carrier CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford, the service is now diverting its programmatic attention to the next ship of ...

Summary: The U.S. Navy’s USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) Ford-Class aircraft carrier has conducted successful “dead-load” tests using the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS ...

"The John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is nearly 95% construction complete and has a contract delivery date of July 2025," Navy officials said in a joint statement before the Senate Armed Services ...