The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is the second Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, currently nearing delivery after major delays.

The navy changed its contract type for carrier John F Kennedy to limit the government's liability for overrun costs. (Michael Fabey) A recent US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report ...

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division has completed builder’s sea trials for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second ship in the Navy’s Ford class. The announcement, released on ...

HII announced that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has successfully completed builder’s sea trials of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft ...

April 17, 2026: As of late March, the U.S. Navy has only one CVN/Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier operating near Iran. The USN has eleven CVNs, but the CVN-78 Ford was sidelined by a fire in its ...