The U.S. Navy has taken preliminary acceptance of the future USS John F. Kennedy, allowing the aircraft carrier and its crew to conduct further testing and training at sea while construction testing continues.
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in Guam on Sept. 19 after nearly seven months of operations in the U.S. Central Command region.
Huntington Ingalls Industries has secured a $336 million contract to begin advance material procurement for the future USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82).
The 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier and its crew of more than 800 sailors will work with allied forces on collective defence, deterrence and crisis-response operations.
The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group arrived in Thailand on Sept. 2 for its first full port visit since deploying in November 2025, following nearly seven months of operations in the U.S. Central Command area.
USS George Washington recorded its 200,000th fixed-wing aircraft recovery on Aug. 18 when Navy Lt. Steven Frazier landed an F-35C Lightning II in the Indian Ocean, the U.S. Department of War said.
Raytheon’s SPY-6(V)3 radar has completed acceptance trials aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) completed acceptance trials on August 15 after four days underway off the Atlantic Coast, moving the second Ford-class aircraft carrier closer to delivery.
CVN 79 is the second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the Gerald R. Ford class.
The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the U.S. Navy's newest aircraft carrier, left the shipyard to begin Navy acceptance trials.
The USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group arrived in Da Nang on July 30 for a scheduled port visit.
U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services a $418.497 million contract to complete the dismantling of ex-USS Enterprise, CVN-65.
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