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Navy/USMC

Navy Reassessing CVN-79 Schedule Due To Pandemic And Phase Change

Thursday, August 13th, 2020

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Navy Reassessing CVN-79 Schedule Due To Pandemic And Phase Change

Huntington Ingalls Industries landed the island on to the flight deck of the future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) during a ceremony at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division on May 29, 2019. (Photo: HII)

The Navy’s top acquisition official said the service is reassessing the timeline for the future aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) due to both the COVID-19 pandemic and the switch from a dual to single-phase delivery plan. James Geurts told reporters during a phone press roundtable Wednesday that “obviously we are watching with some concern, the workforce levels at all our shipyards, but in particular at Newport News there, given the relatively high number of cases in there." During…

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