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 U.S. Navy’s next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, the USS John F. Kennedy ...
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 ...
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.
November 3, 2025: Delays in building new Ford-class CVN nuclear-powered aircraft carriers mean that, within a year, the U.S. Navy will have only ten carriers rather than the usual eleven. The first ...