The Navy has asked Huntington Ingalls Industries to perform the new upgrades—estimated to cost roughly $140 million—without immediately appropriating the funding for them.

The U.S. Navy has awarded HII multiple contract modifications totaling approximately $142.9 million to support the completion ...

The US Navy's next aircraft carrier is almost finished but faces challenges with its elevators, among other technology. The advanced weapons elevators were previously an issue on the first-in-class ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding division (NNS) recently began topside testing of the electromagnetic aircraft ...

Key Points and Summary - Aircraft carrier USS Ford proved first-in-class is hard: novel tech and evolving designs drove delays and costs. -CVN-79 USS John F. Kennedy benefits from that pain. HII’s ...

Nine days after christening the U.S. Navy’s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division launched John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) into ...

The U.S. Navy has established a new program office to manage the planning and procurement of the proposed next-generation aircraft carrier CVN-79 John F. Kennedy, a Gerald R. Ford-class ship. The new ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, named after the 38th President of the United States, is the next generation of American nuclear aircraft carriers. It gives a whole new meaning behind the name "supercarrier." ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WGN) — As part of a time-honored United States Navy tradition, a Wheeling native assumed command of the world’s largest aircraft carrier on Monday. Held on May 12 at Naval Station ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Ford-class carriers, led by the USS Gerald R. Ford, are the latest class designed to replace the aging Nimitz-class. With cutting-edge features... What You Need ...