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Today we'll look at the future US Navy
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aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy
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which has complete its first nuclear
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propulsion testing. Huntington Eagles
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industry the leading US naval chip
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builder and parent company of Newport
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News chip building confirmed that the
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USS John F. Kennedy conduct initial
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propulsion test on the James Rivers.
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Shipyard crew maneuvered the carry with
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tugboats and returned into the pier for
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This mark a key program milestone while
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commissioning delays indicates that the
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US Navy could face nearly a year with
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one fure carrier after the USS Nimnit
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Construction of the USS John F. Kennedy.
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The second Ford class aircraft carrier
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began after contracts were awarded in
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2009. Key milestones included ke laying
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in 2015, island installation in 2019,
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and forward catapult and bow completion
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that same year. A singlephase delivery
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plan replaced the original uh dualphase
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strategy, ensuring the carrier would be
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fully equipped from the start for F35C
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operations and the enterprise air
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surveillance radar. Progress has been
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steady but delayed largely due to two
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complex systems. The advanced arresting
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gear and advanced weapons elevators. The
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AG which uses electromagnetic systems to
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safely recover a wider range of aircraft
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remains under certification in 2025. The
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AWE intended to speed up weapons
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delivery via electromagnetic motors has
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faced similar issues echoing challenges
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seen on the USS Gerald R. Ford. The
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Kennedy also features a new radar
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configuration. Instead of the Ford's
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dualband radar, it uses the ANSPY3X
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band paired with the ANSPY6
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V3 Sband radar. The SPY6 offers digital
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beam forming and 360° coverage with up
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to 35 times the sensitivity of earlier
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systems while reducing long-term costs
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and aligning with Ali Burke class
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destroyers. Powered by two Beal A1B
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nuclear reactors, more powerful and
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efficient than those on Nimits class
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carriers, the ship displaces about
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100,000 tons, spans 337 m, and can
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exceed 30 knots. It will carry over 80
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aircraft with surge capacity for up to
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90. Defensive systems include Sea
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Sparrow and rolling airframe missiles,
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failanks, CIWS, and heavy machine guns.
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Initially budgeted under a $3.35 billion
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fixedpric contract and a $941 million
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cost plus edition in 2015, CVN79 was
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launched in October 2019 and christened
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that December. However, delays have
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pushed delivery from July 2025 to March
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2027. Once commissioned, it will replace
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USS Nimmitz and serve into the 2050s.
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Meanwhile, future Ford class ships
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Enterprise and Doris Miller are already
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under construction. The legacy USS John
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F. Kennedy, decommissioned in 2007, is
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now being dismantled, closing one
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chapter as a new era begins.
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