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CVN-79 Carrier Finishes Acceptance Trials

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CVN-79 Carrier Finishes Acceptance Trials
An F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the “Salty Dogs “of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, flies over the flight deck of Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) during Acceptance Trials on August 13, 2026. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Jayden Howard)

HII’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division over the weekend announced it successfully completed acceptance sea trials of the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) Ford-class aircraft carrier. This comes after CVN-79 underwent builder’s sea trials to test ship systems and components at sea for the first time at the beginning of the year (Defense Daily, Jan. 30). The shipbuilder said the ship returned to NNS after further testing and evaluation of important systems and components at sea. During acceptance…

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