What You Need to Know - 3 Points: The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, set to join the U.S. Pacific Fleet in 2025. Originally scheduled for delivery in 2024 ...

What You Need to Know: The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, is nearing fleet readiness but has faced multiple delays. Originally expected in 2022, the ...

The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) will now deliver in March 2027, according to the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget justification documents. The carrier was supposed to deliver this month ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — No injuries were reported after a small fire broke out Monday morning on the USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier (CVN 79) docked at Newport News Shipbuilding.

It also would have avoided an overlap of CVN-79 with USS Nitmitz (CVN-68) in the fleet, which could put a further strain on Navy budgets but also on the personnel needed to operate both vessels.

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has received contract modifications from the U.S. Navy to shift the delivery strategy for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79).

Newport News has also installed more than 9.8 million feet of cable, or more than 1,800 miles, of the approximately 10.5 million feet of cable on John F.Kennedy.

Eight months after deciding to opt for a single-phase delivery of the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the U.S. Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries an undefinitized contract award of up to ...