Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division has released the John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier into the water as the firm moves forward with the ship’s development more than a week after christening.
Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding division applied ideas from personnel and lessons learned from the USS Gerald R. Ford construction project to find efficiencies when building the second aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy's Ford class, Daily Press reported Saturday.
Huntington Ingalls Industries has begun filling the John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier’s dry dock with water in preparation for christening and various tests.
Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed the flight deck of the John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) aircraft carrier with the installation of the ship’s upper bow section at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division in Virginia.
Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division continues its work on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy with the placement of a 900-ton superlift into dry dock. HII said Monday work on the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is on track with the launch date slated for 2020 and delivery to the service branch in 2022 […] More