HII Moves Enterprise (CVN 80) for First Time, Enabling Construction of Two Aircraft Carriers at Once
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has successfully transferred the mid-body hull section of Gerald R.
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The Navy’s New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Can’t Hide All The Problems Anymore
USS Enterprise (CVN-80), the third Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, has slipped to a 2030 delivery after successive delays. -Causes include harder-than-expected integration of new tech from CVN-78 (EMALS ...
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The Navy’s New Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Is Now Delayed 2 Years
The U.S. Navy’s next Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), is now facing a two-year delivery ...
Two future Ford-class aircraft carriers are being named after Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. It's the US Navy convention to name nuclear-powered flattops after presidents, with some ...
CVN-80 was laid down in April 2022 and is currently scheduled to be launched in November 2025. Its commissioning is now planned for September 2029 – about 18 months later than its previous scheduled ...
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." ...
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