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U.S.-India Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Cooperation concludes 7th meeting with PEO Aircraft Carriers
April 18, 2024 — WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC –The seventh meeting of the U.S.-India Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Cooperation (JWGACTC) concluded on Friday at the Washington Navy Yard, with a session hosted by Rear Adm. Casey Moton, PEO Aircraft Carriers. The three-day engagement marked a successful, bilateral exchange of information and best...

USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) leaves dry dock, begins second phase of Refueling and Complex Overhaul
April 9, 2024 — WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC – USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) undocked from drydock April 8, completing a significant milestone during its multi-year Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at HII-Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) in Newport News, Virginia. Commissioned in December 1995, the nation’s seventh Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier...

Program Executive Office Aircraft Carriers Holds Change-of-Office Ceremony
July 7, 2023 — WASHINGTON – Rear Adm. Casey J. Moton relieved Rear Adm. James P. Downey as Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers (PEO CVN) during a change-of-office ceremony, July 7, at the Washington Navy Yard. Moton assumed leadership of PEO CVN after previously serving as the Program Executive Officer for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO...

Refueling Complex Overhaul Completed on USS George Washington (CVN 73)
May 25, 2023 — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – USS George Washington (CVN 73), the nation’s sixth Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, ushered in the second half of its service life on May 25, when it completed its refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), in Norfolk, Virginia. Following four days of demanding sea trials off the East Coast, NNS redelivered a refueled George Washington to the U.S. Navy complete with modernized combat systems and infrastructure to support the Navy’s air wing of the future...

U. S. - Indo Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Cooperation Meets in India
March 9, 2023 — WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC – The sixth meeting of the U.S. – Indo Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Cooperation (JWGACTC) concluded on Mar. 3 in India, marking a successful, bilateral exchange of information and best practices in the areas of ship construction and maintenance.The five-day meeting, co-chaired by Rear Adm. James P...

Keel Laying commemorated for third ship in Gerald R. Ford-Class, the future USS Enterprise (CVN 80)
August 28, 2022 — NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – With the words, “I hereby declare the keel of the United States Ship Enterprise truly and fairly laid,” Olympians Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky chalked their initials on respective steel plates, which were then embossed by skilled welders and affixed to the keel of the future USS Enterprise (CVN 80), Saturday at the HII-Newport...

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completes inaugural Planned Incremental Availability, prepares for workups and first deployment
March 1, 2022 — NORFOLK, Va. - USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completed sea trials off the coast of Virginia this week, marking the successful conclusion of its inaugural Planned Incremental Availability (PIA).The milestone follows six months of modernization and maintenance work at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News,...

Advanced Weapons Elevators completed aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
December 23, 2021 — WASHINGTON -- On December 22, the 11th and final Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was turned over to the Ship’s Crew. AWEs on this first-of-class aircraft carrier operate using several advanced technologies including electromagnetic motors vice more labor intensive, hydraulic systems. The advanced technology...

DCoMS connects at-sea Sailors to shore-based experts for shipboard maintenance
May 21, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- As the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) plowed through morning seas off the coast of Japan on May 7, a dozen senior Navy engineers and network specialists assembled in San Diego to watch the first live connectivity demonstration of a much-anticipated system for delivering on-demand, remote maintenance expertise to a deployed ship's point of...

Future USS Gerald R. Ford delivered to the Navy
June 1, 2017 — WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) aircraft carrier in Newport News, Virginia, May 31...

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