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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A crane moves the lower stern into place on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia, June 22, 2017. The John F. Kennedy, the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, is 50 percent structurally complete. Navy photo by John Whalen

Shipbuilding Scene

A crane moves the lower stern into place on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia, June 22, 2017. The John F. Kennedy, the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, is 50 percent structurally complete. Navy photo by John Whalen

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