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Navy Updates On Ford-Class Carriers, CVN-79 Launching Early

Tuesday, May 7th, 2019

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Navy Updates On Ford-Class Carriers, CVN-79 Launching Early

A forward section of the future USS John F. Kennedy’s main deck is lifted into place at Huntington Ingalls Industry’s Newport News Shipbuilding. (Photo: John Walen/HII).

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – A Navy official on Monday gave updates on the production of the Ford-class aircraft carriers, noting CVN-79 is over 50 percent executed and will be launched early. Capt. Philip Malone, program manager, for CVN 79/80/81 within Program Executive office (PEO) Aircraft Carriers, said the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is currently about 91 percent built during a briefing at the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space Expo. He added the program has executed 57 percent…

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