Even as the builder sea trials mark the final stage in the construction of the warship, it is a reminder that CVN-79 won't be available for service for nearly two years.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s HII business unit, Newport News Shipbuilding, recently won a contract valued at nearly $97.7 million for additional long-lead materials to support the refueling ...

The U.S. Navy is continuing the work to extend the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet’s service life to 10,000 flight hours, with the latest contract covering up to 60 aircraft. The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a ...

From October 2023 to October 2025, the US Navy rotated multiple carrier strike groups to the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Persian Gulf, with dire implications for their crews. For just over two ...

The Navy completed the investigation about the loss of three F/A-18 Super Hornets and the collision with a merchant vessel during the USS Harry S. Truman's recent deployment in the Middle East. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image of the exterior damage to the USS Harry S. Truman after it crashed into the merchant vessel Besiktas-M on Feb. 12, 2025, ...

More than 100 sailors were sleeping a few dozen yards from the point of impact where a merchant vessel slammed into the steel sides of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman on Feb. 12. Another ...

Adm. Karl Thomas, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command. (Photo: U.S. Navy) Adm. Karl Thomas assumed command of U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) during a ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft ...

An image of the exterior damage to the USS Harry S. Truman after it crashed into the merchant vessel Besiktas-M on Feb. 12, 2025, while operating in the vicinity of Port Said, Egypt. (MC1 Cody ...

Adm. Karl Thomas, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC), salutes side boys during the USFFC assumption of command ceremony in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S ...