![]() ![]() In May 2011, the US Navy announced that the carrier would be called John F Kennedy.Ĭonstruction of the USS John F Kennedy (CVN 79) began in February 2011 and its keel was laid in July 2015. Northrop Grumman was awarded a planning and design contract for the second carrier, CVN 79, in November 2006. The contract covers execution planning for the repair and alteration requirements of the ship’s planned incremental availability. Newport News won a contract to support further repair work on the lead ship. ![]() The CVN 78 returned to Newport News for post-delivery works in July 2018. Anchor testing on board the carrier was completed in June 2014, while the US Navy conducted EMALS testing on CVN 78 in May 2015. Both the launch and first voyage of the ship took place in November 2013. The CVN 78 aircraft carrier was installed with four 30t bronze propellers in October 2013. A $5.1bn contract for the detailed design and construction was awarded to Newport News in September 2008. It also provided $559m to prepare for the carrier construction and continue the design programme on the ship’s propulsion system.ĬVN 78’s first steel was cut in August 2005. The US Department of Defense awarded Northrop Grumman Newport News in Virginia a $107.6m contract in July 2003 and $1.39bn contract in May 2004. The total acquisition cost of the CVN 21 is expected to be $13.7bn. A total of ten Ford-class carriers are planned with construction continuing to 2058.ĬVN 78 will replace USS Enterprise (CVN 65), which entered service in 1961 and decommissioned in 2017. The vessel is scheduled to be commissioned in 2020, while further ships of the class will enter service at five-year intervals. The second carrier, USS John F Kennedy (CVN 79), was christened and launched in December 2019. ![]()
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