{"id":450825,"date":"2026-09-30T21:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/?p=450825"},"modified":"2026-09-30T21:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:13:10","slug":"john-f-kennedy-carrier-preliminary-acceptance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/john-f-kennedy-carrier-preliminary-acceptance\/","title":{"rendered":"John F. Kennedy carrier achieves preliminary acceptance"},"content":{"rendered":"

HII announced preliminary acceptance of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, enabling U.S. Navy underway testing and crew training ahead of formal delivery.<\/p>\n

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HII<\/a> press release:<\/em><\/p>\n

HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has achieved preliminary acceptance of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.<\/em><\/p>\n

Preliminary acceptance, the final step before formal delivery to the U.S. Navy, allows the Navy to begin underway test and evaluation of Kennedy\u2019s unique systems and for the crew to gain operational proficiency. CVN 79 successfully completed acceptance trials in August.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cAchieving preliminary acceptance is another step toward ensuring the U.S. Navy has the aircraft carriers it needs to carry out the mission of defending our nation,\u201d said Bryan Caccavale, NNS vice president of program management. \u201cIt is an honor to see Kennedy depart and begin integration into the fleet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

CVN 79 continues the legacy of highly capable nuclear-powered aircraft carrier platforms. The carrier departed NNS today and will transition to Naval Station Norfolk.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HII announced preliminary acceptance of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, enabling U.S. Navy underway testing and crew training ahead of formal delivery. HII press release: HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has achieved preliminary acceptance of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":450833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4127,58726,4509,2296,2323],"tags":[58850,66158],"class_list":["post-450825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-all-news","category-defense-industry","category-headlines-en-tr","category-naval-en","category-usa-en","tag-hii-en-2","tag-john-f-kennedy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}