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CVN-79 To Be Delivered One Year Later Than Planned

Friday, March 24th, 2023

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CVN-79 To Be Delivered One Year Later Than Planned

The upper bow unit superlift is lowered into the dry dock on July 10 and placed on the future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) in 2019. (Photo: Ashley Cowan/HII)

Navy FY 2024 budget request documents revealed the next Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), is now expected to be delivered 13 months later than previously planned. As recently as the FY ‘23 budget request documents, the Navy reported CVN-79 was expected to be delivered in June 2024, a period of 108 months from award to delivery and 160 months from the start of construction. Now the FY ‘24 budget documents said delivery is being delayed…

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