Looking ahead, the Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act would impose a $12 billion cost cap on all future Ford-class carriers starting with
CVN 80, the USS Enterprise.
USS Ronald Reagan (
CVN 76) and CVW-14 completed pre-deployment training on 5 March 2011, and departed for a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific and Central Command AOR.
The first new aircraft carrier design in more than 40 years,
CVN 21 will share a Nimitz-class hull form with a completely reconfigured internal space arrangement and flight deck layout.
"We are very proud of the progress we are making on the Kennedy," said Lucas Hicks, Newport News' vice president for the
CVN 79 program.
Aviation Structural Mechanic (Equipment) 2nd Class Christopher Miller, rear left, Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Phillip Welch, front left, and Aviation Structural Mechanic (Equipment) 2nd Class John Dobson install new tires on an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to VFA-146 in the hangar bay aboard the USS Nimitz (
CVN 68).
Cincinnati Bell's wireless customers who use Android smartphones will now have automatic access to the
CVN of over 11 million hotspots and growing.
The Carrier Supply Department Bridge to the Future Cross Functional Team from COMNAVAIRPAC N41 Force Supply, USS Abraham Lincoln (
CVN 72) and USS Nimitz (
CVN 68) Supply Departments focused on sustainable, measurable changes to afloat business practices and worked on various projects designed to improve efficiencies, effectiveness, and readiness while reducing onboard inventory and realigning personnel.