A new video shows the testing of the aircraft launch system for the Navy's new supercarrier. The USS John F. Kennedy is the Navy's second Ford-class aircraft carrier. Our #NewportNewsShipbuilding division has started topside #EMALS testing on the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (#CVN79). A T-45C Goshawk training aircraft attached to Training Air Wing (TAW) 1, lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during flight operations, Sept. 12, 2020. AdvertisementIn addition to the Kennedy, two other Ford-class aircraft carriers, the Enterprise and the Doris Miller, are currently under construction at Newport News.

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