What You Need to Know: The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the second Ford-class aircraft ... Ford, was commissioned in 2017 ...
for CVN 79. However, the following two names selected were not former US presidents, with CVN 80 and CVN 81 commissioned as USS Enterprise and USS Doris Miller respectively. The name ‘Enterprise ...
CVN-79 (John F. Kennedy) was procured in FY2013. The Navy’s FY2025 budget submission states that the ship is scheduled for delivery in July 2025. CVN-80 (Enterprise) was procured in FY2018.
The dual-band radar (DBR) aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the ship’s primary sensor system, ...