Construction of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Enterprise (#CVN80) continues at our #NewportNewsShipbuilding division. Watch this time-lapse video of shipbuilders lifting CVN 80’s first side shell unit into the dry dock. | HII

7K views · 572 reactions | We know Enterprise (CVN 80) will build her own unmatched legacy. With her ceremonial keel laid, construction on the 3rd Ford-class aircraft carrier is moving ahead. | Aircraft Carriers | Facebook

104K views · 1.7K reactions | #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 | Facebook

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

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

#ThrowbackThursday to one of the last superlifts employees at our #NewportNewsShipbuilding division completed for Enterprise (#CVN80) last year. CVN 80 is the third U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to carry on the name Enterprise. The most recent, #CVN65, was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in history. Already, 20,000 pounds of steel from CVN 65 have been incorporated into modules for CVN 80. When fully constructed, more than 35,000 pounds of steel from CVN 65 will live on in CVN 80, ensuri