{"id":521413,"date":"2021-08-02T13:03:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T17:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/photo-release-newport-news-shipbuilding-division-progresses-construction-activities-on-the-aircraft-carrier-john-f-kennedy-cvn-79\/"},"modified":"2021-08-02T13:03:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T17:03:01","slug":"photo-release-newport-news-shipbuilding-division-progresses-construction-activities-on-the-aircraft-carrier-john-f-kennedy-cvn-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/photo-release-newport-news-shipbuilding-division-progresses-construction-activities-on-the-aircraft-carrier-john-f-kennedy-cvn-79\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Release \u2014 Newport News Shipbuilding division progresses construction activities on the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Aug. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) announced today that it is making significant progress in the compartment and systems construction of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy <\/em>(CVN 79).<\/p>\n

Newport News Shipbuilding division recently eclipsed the 20% mark on compartment completion, turning over to the ship\u2019s crew more than 500 of the total 2,615 spaces. It also has installed more than 8 million feet of cable \u2014 or more than 1,500 miles \u2014 of the approximately 10.5 million feet of cable on Kennedy<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The most recently completed spaces include berthing, machinery and electrical. This allows sailors assigned to the pre-commissioning unit to continue training on the ship while final outfitting and testing progresses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pleased with the progress being made on Kennedy<\/em>,\u201d said Lucas Hicks, vice president of the Gerald R. Ford <\/em>(CVN 78) and John F. Kennedy<\/em> (CVN 79) aircraft carrier programs. \u201cWe are in the very early stages of systems testing, and look forward to successfully executing our work on equipment, systems and compartments that brings us closer to delivering the ship to the fleet.\u201d<\/p>\n

A photo accompanying this release is available at: https:\/\/newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com\/file\/kennedy-cvn-79-compartments<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n Kennedy<\/em> is more than 80% complete overall, and is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in 2024.<\/p>\n

Huntington Ingalls Industries is America\u2019s largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII\u2019s Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII\u2019s Technical Solutions division supports national security missions around the globe with unmanned systems, defense and federal solutions, and nuclear and environmental services. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs more than 41,000 people operating both domestically and internationally. For more information, visit:<\/p>\n