Huntington Ingalls Sets Up “Superlift” Structure for Aircraft Carrier Construction; Mike Shawcross Comments
Huntington Ingalls Industries has added a new structure designed to update the construction workflow on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at its Newport News Shipbuilding dry dock facility. HII’s 965-ton “superlift” will work to support the continued development of the U.S. Navy’s future John F. Kennedy carrier, which the company said Tuesday is currently 17 percent complete ahead of its scheduled launch in 2020. […] More