Hll reports greater progress on Ford-class ships

摘要

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII ) is readying the second Ford-class aircraft carrier John F Kennedy (CVN 79) for launch before the year's end as the shipbuilder makes strides toward fixing more weapons elevators on the lead ship of the class, USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78). The yard had to delay some of the hull painting on Kennedy during the second week of September due to Hurricane Dorian, which skirted along the US east coast, but Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) plans to flood the dock where the ship is being built in mid-October, Mike Butler, CVN 79 programme director, told Jane's.