As the Nimitz-class carriers retire, fielding their Ford-class replacements in a timely manner is imperative. Delays to ...

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

Sailors assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) joined NNS-HII shipbuilding partners in a moment of ...

Production delays, rising threats and shrinking numbers are putting the US's traditional aircraft carrier dominance on a knife's edge just as China s ...

Kennedy (CVN 79) is nearly 95% construction complete and ... during the development and construction of the first-in-class USS Gerald R. Ford, which faced delays and cost overruns mostly ...

VA in 2026 and proposes to homeport the Ford-class USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) as early as 2029. Although two carriers with their thousands of crew members means a busy homeport, it's not the ...

“Navy and shipbuilder HII-NNS are hyper-focused on a USS John F. Kennedy delivery plan that results in the fastest path to a combat-ready CVN, crew, and air wing.” In contrast, at least two ...

The same technology was at the center of headaches for USS Gerald R. Ford, the first of the new class of Navy supercarriers, and now the elevators are a challenge as shipbuilders work to finish the ...