Newport News Shipbuilding has officially delivered the first 3D printed metal part to the U.S. Navy for installation on an aircraft carrier. The event marks a major milestone in the integration of additive manufacturing into the design and fabrication of components for nuclear-powered warships. The milestone was recognized earlier today during a brief ceremony at Naval…
For the first time in more than three decades, Newport News Shipbuilding has been awarded a multi-ship contract from the U.S. Navy to build two aircraft carriers: Enterprise (CVN 80) and CVN 81, which has not yet been named. The historic contract award is a significant step toward the company’s designing and building the next…
Newport News Shipbuilding has reached new heights in the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of USS George Washington (CVN 73). NNS installed the final piece of the ship’s new main mast – the 34-foot upper mast section – that raises the ship’s distinctive profile 123 feet above the flight deck, bringing the RCOH of the…
Newport News Shipbuilding has launched John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the U.S. Navy’s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, into the James River. With the aid of six tugboats, Kennedy was guided down the river about a mile from Dry Dock 12, where the ship has been under construction, to the shipyard’s Pier 3. There, the ship…
The countdown is on for the arrival of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) at Newport News Shipbuilding for the aircraft carrier’s mid-life refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH). Watch this video to learn more about preparations underway – including new technology being used – in the dry dock that CVN 74 will soon call home.…
The countdown is on for the arrival of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) at Newport News Shipbuilding for the aircraft carrier’s mid-life refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH). Watch this video to learn more about preparations underway – including new technology being used – in the dry dock that CVN 74 will soon call home.…
The countdown is on for the arrival of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) at Newport News Shipbuilding for the aircraft carrier’s mid-life refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH). Watch this video to learn more about preparations underway – including new technology being used – in the dry dock that CVN 74 will soon call home.…
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