N'abalị iri abụọ na ise n'ọnwa Febụwarị n'afọ 2011, ndị agha mmiri mere emume mbụ nke nchara nchara na Northrop Grumman na Newport News, na-egosi mmalite mmalite nke owuwu maka John F. Kennedy. John F. Kennedy na mbụ e mere atụmatụ iji wuchaa ya na 2018. Nke a gbatịrị ruo 2020 mgbe odeakwụkwọ nchekwa Robert Gates kwupụtara na 2009 na mmemme ahụ ga-agbanwe na mmemme ụlọ afọ ise iji tinye ya na "ụzọ na-akwụ ụgwọ na-akwụ ụgwọ". Ka ọ na-erule ngwụsị afọ 2012, igbu oge emeela, na Ngalaba Ndị Agha Mmiri na-enyocha mmezu nke oge owuwu nke John F. Kennedy Enterprise na John F. Kennedy site na mgbakwunye afọ abụọ ọzọ.
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