HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding Achieves Preliminary Acceptance of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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.