As the Nimitz-class carriers retire, fielding their Ford-class replacements in a timely manner is imperative. Delays to ...

program executive officer for aircraft carriers and who co-authored the statement to lawmakers, said, “Navy and shipbuilder HII-NNS are hyper-focused on a USS John F. Kennedy delivery plan that ...

The Nimitz and its escorts — the guided-missile destroyers USS Gridley and USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee — pulled into Apra ...

Sailors assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) joined NNS-HII shipbuilding partners in a moment of ...

The planned July delivery of the US Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the John F. Kennedy, is likely to be missed because of long-unresolved “critical challenges” with elevators used to move ...

Continued problems with the advanced weapons elevators could affect the delivery of the Navy's next Ford-class carrier, Navy officials indicated.

Under a Navy plan proposed last week, the USS John F. Kennedy, the second of the new Ford-class aircraft carriers, would homeport at Kitsap beginning in 2029. The Kennedy is scheduled to be ...

Production delays, rising threats and shrinking numbers are putting the US's traditional aircraft carrier dominance on a knife's edge just as China s ...

Moton, commander, program executive officer for aircraft carriers, “The Navy-Industry ... production milestone towards redelivering USS John C. Stennis to the fleet.” ...