I runga i 15 Hānuere 2009, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding i whakawhiwhia ki te $ 374 miriona kirimana mo te mahi hoahoa me te hanganga whakarite mo John F. Kennedy. i runga i 30 Mahuru 2010, Northrop Grumman kauwhautia e te faaineineraa i roto i te ara ki te tīmata hanga. i runga i 25 Hui-tanguru 2011, whakahaere te Navy te Tuatahi Cut o Steel hakari i Northrop Grumman i Newport News, tohu i te tīmatanga ā-tihi o te hanga mo John F. Kennedy. i whakaritea John F. Kennedy ki te kia oti i roto i 2018. i te timatanga i whakaritea ki te kia oti i roto i 2020. i muri i te Hekeretari o Defence Robert Gates kauwhautia i roto i 2009 e ka huri i te hōtaka ki te hōtaka hanga e rima-tau kia rite ki te tuu i te reira i runga i te "atu ara pūtea tauwhiro". i te mutunga o 2012, i puta whakaroa i roto i te hanga, a ka uiui te Tari Navy i te whakaoti i te wa hanga o John F. Kennedy Enterprise me e rua
$374 miriona