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 delivery date for the second Ford-class aircraft carrier was pushed back a year, according to budget documents released this week. The USS John F. Kennedy is slated to be delivered in July 2025 to ...

The navy changed its contract type for carrier John F Kennedy to limit the government's liability for overrun costs. (Michael Fabey) A recent US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report ...

NORFOLK, Va. — As the christening nears for America's next aircraft carrier, the Navy has unveiled the official seal of the ship. The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) will be the second Gerald R.

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.’s HII business segment, Newport News Shipbuilding, has recently clinched a modification contract, under which it will provide engineering and technical support for ...

The U.S. Navy has ditched its plan for a dual-phased delivery of the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) and instead will use a single-phased approach, meaning the entire ship will be delivered at the same ...

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 ...

The second USS John F. Kennedy was scheduled for delivery in 2022 but fell behind due to delays caused by the pandemic; now, the vessel is ninety-five percent complete and... No Cold War carriers have ...

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Caroline Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy’s daughter, former ambassador to Japan, and sponsor of the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), christens the ship on Dec. 7, 2019. US ...

The US Navy next Ford-class aircraft carrier is just about done, but it could be held up by challenges with the elevators, Navy officers and officials said this week. It's a bit of déjà vu. The same ...