One week ago today, our #NewportNewsShipbuilding division held a ceremonial keel laying for Enterprise (#CVN80). The milestone symbolizes the official start of construction for the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, though work is already well underway. Watch this time-lapse video of Katie Ledecky, one of the ship’s sponsors for CVN 80, giving command to lower the ceremonial keel unit into the dry dock. Visit hii.com/CVN80 for additional information about CVN 80 as well as photos from last weekend’s ev

10K views · 339 reactions | HII’s #NewportNewsShipbuilding division continues to make progress on Enterprise (#CVN80), the U.S. Navy's third Ford-class aircraft carrier. Watch this time-lapse as shipbuilders lift the heaviest unit to date – weighing in at 901 metric tons – into the dry dock, where the carrier is being built. | HII | Facebook

#NewportNewsShipbuilding recently completed the first two superlifts for Enterprise (#CVN80), the U.S. Navy’s third Ford-class aircraft carrier. The superlifts – which each weighed hundreds of tons – form part of the carrier’s flat bottom and one even included steel from CVN 80’s namesake, Enterprise (#CVN65). Take a look at this time-lapse video to see CVN 80 begin to take shape in the dry dock. | HII

Shipbuilders at our #NewportNewsShipbuilding Division continue to make progress on the foundation for Enterprise (#CVN80) – the third aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy's Ford-class. Watch this time-lapse video to see a CVN 80 unit being lifted into the dry dock. | HII