Newport News Shipbuilding Expands Capabilities with Norfolk Campus
Newport News Shipbuilding’s Norfolk campus signifies innovation and efficiency, boosting naval capabilities and local economies.
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Revolutionizing Naval Warfare: The USS Zumwalt’s Hypersonic Upgrade
The USS Zumwalt undergoes radical transformation, integrating hypersonic missiles to redefine modern naval warfare capabilities.
Repairs on the USS Gerald R. Ford engines and elevators to cost another $120 million
Last week, SOFREP reported on a previously undisclosed breakdown of the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, that took place in during sea trials in January of this year. The issue, determined to be a manufacturing defect in the GE sourced main thrust bearings, resulted in two separate breakdowns, the second of […]
More problems for the Navy’s newest carrier — now it’s the propulsion system
A previously undisclosed issue with the Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, forced it to return to port during shakedown testing in January, the branch admitted this week. For the second time, an issue with the carrier, which cost just short of $13 billion to build, has raised questions […]
