{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_oworq7itwpq7p56zgwwq","title":"HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding Achieves Preliminary Acceptance of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)","title_en":null,"outlets":3,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/navy-partially-accepts-carrier-john-f-kennedy-from-hii-newport-news-oworq7itwp","count":3,"items":[{"id":"n_gsltlbtvzktiabmzzscq","seq":781542,"kind":"article","title":"HII Achieves Preliminary Acceptance of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)","url":"https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/09/hii-achieves-preliminary-acceptance-of-john-f-kennedy-cvn-79","summary":"On September 29, 2026, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced the successful completion of the preliminary acceptance test of the second Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the future John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). HII press release HII announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has achieved preliminary acceptance of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald ... The post HII Achieves Preliminary Acceptance of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)…","published":"2026-09-29T22:07:45Z","seen":"2026-09-29T22:41:57Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-navalnews-com-789208","name":"navalnews.com","domain":"navalnews.com"},"via":"kite-navalnews-com-789208","topics":["defense","maritime","news","aircraft carrier","uss gerald r. ford","uss john f. kennedy"],"authors":["Naval News Staff"],"entities":[{"id":"Q9696","name":"John F. Kennedy","type":"other"}],"story":"st_oworq7itwpq7p56zgwwq","category":"politics","category_p":0.5,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.07000000029802322,"political":0.5099999904632568},{"id":"n_22x7lzbbf7f2bc3ggirq","seq":758876,"kind":"press_release","title":"HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding Achieves Preliminary Acceptance of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)","url":"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/29/3371310/14858/en/hii-s-newport-news-shipbuilding-achieves-preliminary-acceptance-of-john-f-kennedy-cvn-79.html","summary":"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.","published":"2026-09-29T19:45:00Z","seen":"2026-09-29T19:59:28Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"globenewswire-all","name":"GlobeNewswire — all","domain":"globenewswire.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q5570956","name":"GlobeNewswire","type":"other","country":"US","designations":["business","press release distributor"]}},"via":"globenewswire-all","topics":["business","nyse:hii","us4464131063"],"entities":[{"id":"Q7257522","name":"Huntington Ingalls Industries","type":"org"},{"id":"Q82610","name":"Newport News Shipbuilding","type":"org"},{"id":"Q9696","name":"John F. Kennedy","type":"other"}],"image":"https://ml.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/15c3f55d-3ca1-40e1-ab20-fcefcbb3cd67","story":"st_oworq7itwpq7p56zgwwq","category":"politics","category_p":0.41999998688697815,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.14000000059604645,"political":0.4399999976158142},{"id":"n_oworq7itwpq7p56zgwwq","seq":751459,"kind":"article","title":"Navy Partially Accepts Carrier John F. Kennedy from HII Newport News Shipbuilding","url":"https://news.usni.org/2026/09/29/navy-partially-accepts-carrier-john-f-kennedy-from-hii-newport-news-shipbuilding","summary":"The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) achieved preliminary acceptance Tuesday, one of the last steps before the aircraft carrier formally joins the Navy fleet. JFK, the second Ford-class carrier, will be moved from HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division to the waterfront at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., as part of the preliminary acceptance, USNI News understands. The milestone allows the Navy and JFK’s crew to take the aircraft carrier to sea for underway testing and…","published":"2026-09-29T19:00:14Z","seen":"2026-09-29T19:16:33Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-news-usni-org-bd9dcc","name":"news.usni.org","domain":"news.usni.org","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q120128243","name":"Q120128243","type":"website","designations":["news website"]}},"via":"kite-news-usni-org-bd9dcc","topics":["maritime","industry","news & analysis","surface forces","u.s. navy","hii","hii newport news shipbuilding","us navy"],"authors":["Caitlyn Burchett"],"entities":[{"id":"Q9696","name":"John F. Kennedy","type":"person"}],"story":"st_oworq7itwpq7p56zgwwq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.25,"category2":"politics","sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.09000000357627869,"political":0.3400000035762787}]}