The U.S. Navy once considered a radical and powerful warship concept: the “battlecarrier,” a hybrid of a battleship and an ...

The USS Wasp (CV-7), a unique American aircraft carrier from the WWII era, was a compromised design doomed from the outset by ...

The future USS John F. Kennedy was scheduled to join the fleet this month but now isn’t on track for delivery until March ...

This story has been updated to include a statement from HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding. The next Ford-class aircraft carrier ...

South Korea’s planned aircraft carrier could have a distinctly British flavor. In fact, it could be a mini version of the Queen Elizabeth. Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) this week signed a ...

Today, aircraft carries are the most formidable defense in the sea. Here's the story behind the first carriers with the game-changing full flat landing deck.

Back then it remained unclear whether advances in aircraft design would superempower carrier warplanes, extending flattops’ striking range and hitting power. (Spoiler alert: yes.) ...

While there are 10 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, the design changed throughout the building process, which concluded in 2006 with the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77).

Wow!These aircraft carriers look formidable and of ultra modern design. There are reports the 1st Chinese aircraft carrier is under construction and could enter service around 2015 or earlier. It ...

On October 4, the USS Gerald R. Ford departed Norfolk, Virginia, for a trip across the Atlantic. The ship is the first of the Ford-class aircraft carriers, nuclear-powered hangars-and-runways that ...