The future USS John F. Kennedy, the second Ford class aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy, has begun its initial sea trials.

The USS John F. Kennedy set sail for its shipbuilder sea trials Wednesday, allowing HII to test the vessel out at sea for the ...

The USS John F. Kennedy was originally expected to be delivered in July of last year, but delays have pushed its slated arrival to March 2027.

The U.S. Navy’s next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, the USS John F. Kennedy ...

The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) aircraft carrier departed Newport News Shipbuilding on January 28th en route for her first round of Sea Trials.

The next Gerald R. Ford class supercarrier, to be known as the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), set sail under its own power from Newport News for the first time on Jan. 28, 2026 to begin manufacturer ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Ford-class carriers, led by the USS Gerald R. Ford, are the latest class designed to replace the aging Nimitz-class. With cutting-edge features... What You Need ...

U.S. Southern Command announced Sunday that the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group had made its way into the Caribbean Sea, with 4,000 sailors and “dozens” of military aircraft aboard the lead ...

The Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract valued up to $471.9 million to provide engineering support for Nimitz-class and Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers ...

The US Navy has been building and delivering a new generation of aircraft carriers. The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is the lead ship in the Ford-class, the first new class in more than 40 years which ...

While the Nimitz-class carriers remain a tried and trusted asset to the US Navy, the Ford ships feature more advanced components. What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Ford-class carriers, led by the ...