Sign In
Search
Navy/USMC

Second Ford-Class Carrier Out For Initial Sea Trials

Rich Abott By
SHARE:
Second Ford-Class Carrier Out For Initial Sea Trials
The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), sailed out from shipbuilder HII Newport News Shipbuilding division's Virginia shipyard for the first time on Jan. 28 to conduct builder's sea trials. The ship is expected to be delivered by March 2027. (Photo: HII)

The Navy’s second Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), sailed out to sea for the first time on Jan. 28 for its initial set of sea trials. “John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) departed HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division Wednesday to undergo builder’s sea trials. These trials will test important ship systems and components at sea for the first time,” HII [HII] spokesman Todd Corillo told Defense Daily in a statement. Builders trials are conducted by the shipbuilder…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.

Recommended

Navy/USMC

Lockheed Martin Nabs $245 Million Mod For Second IRST Block II Order

Navy/USMC

Navy Tests Drone Without GPS To Land On Moving Ships

Navy/USMC

Ursa Major Wins Contracts For Navy Solid Rocket Motor Development

Navy/USMC

Trump Announces Cleveland As Pick For New Sub Component Repair Center

Trending

Sikorsky’s Unmanned U-Hawk Enters Flight Test Program, Sees ‘More Interest’ From Marines
U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence Wants Recon Drones With Multiple Sensors
BAE Systems Unveils Prototype High Power Microwave System For Killing Drone Swarms
GM Defense Unveils New UGV, Aims To Have Tech Demonstrator Ready By June 2027
GD To Deliver All XM30 Prototypes By Late November, Tracks Downselect Decision In Spring 2027

Congress Updates

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]

The Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers

Michael Harrison – SANS Institute

Force Multipliers

Michael DiOrio – Dataminr

Force Multipliers

Arne Brinck – Dark Wolf Solutions

Force Multipliers

Jags Kandasamy – Latent AI

Job Feed

Post a Job // Post a Resume