Rendering of the third ship in the Ford class of aircraft carriers, Enterprise (CVN-80). HII concept art One of the Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers is delayed by two years, stretching the schedule ...

April 17, 2026: As of late March, the U.S. Navy has only one CVN/Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier operating near Iran. The USN has eleven CVNs, but the CVN-78 Ford was sidelined by a fire in its ...

A social media post from the US Food and Drug Administration this week shows a big-eyed macaque staring out from behind bars. “Some drugs use 144 monkeys on average for preclinical testing,” the post ...

Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) transits the Atlantic Ocean during Builder's Trials, Jan. 30, 2026. Builder’s Trials provide an opportunity to test ship systems and components at sea ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) and her crew departed HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) and steamed to sea for the first time for Builder’s Sea Trials, Jan. 28, ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, has completed builder’s sea trials, according to HII on Facebook. PCU John F. Kennedy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. On Tuesday, a Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II embarked with ...

HII announced that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has successfully completed builder’s sea trials of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The United States Navy's next nuclear-powered supercarrier ...

The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is the second ship in the Nuclear Gerald R. Ford class.U.S. Navy Via Picryl The U.S. Navy’s next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, the USS John F.