Monday, June 26, 2017

The U.S. Navy's Next Super Carrier (USS John Kennedy) Is 50 Percent Complete



Kris Osborn, National Interest: America's Next Super Aircraft Carrier Is 50 Percent Complete

HII ship developers have been employing a newer construction strategy for the Kennedy, involving a handful of techniques intended to lower costs and call upon lessons learned from the building of the first Ford-class carrier.

The 2nd US Navy Ford-Class high-tech aircraft carrier has grown 70-feet longer and is now 50-percent structurally complete with the addition of the lower stern, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced.​

“We are halfway through lifting the units onto the ship, and many of the units are larger and nearly all are more complete than the CVN 78 (USS Ford) lifts were. This is one of many lessons learned from the construction of the lead ship that are helping to reduce construction costs and improve efficiencies on Kennedy,” Mike Shawcross, Newport News’ vice president, John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) and Enterprise (CVN 80) aircraft carrier construction, said in a written statement.

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More News On The U.S. Navy's Next Super Carrier (USS John Kennedy) Being 50 Percent Structurally Complete

Add Another Building Block to the John F. Kennedy Carrier -- Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)/Military.com
Superlift takes CVN 79 to 50 percent completion -- Marine Log
Aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy is now 50 percent structurally complete -- WTKR.com
Massive stern attached to John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier at Newport News shipyard -- Virginia Pilot

2 comments:

jimbrown said...

The winner could be the real threat.

Anonymous said...

50% complete, 50% over budget...