China plans to field a force of nine aircraft carriers by 2035, according to a Defense Department report on Beijing’s ...

In the face of mounting tensions with Imperial Japan, the U.S. Navy experimented with an audacious new idea: airship carriers that could scout vast sections of the Pacific with ease. But despite the ...

President Trump claims the warship will be "the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built." A month ago, the Navy scrapped plans to build a new, small ...

SAN DIEGO, CA – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) returned to its homeport of San Diego following a nine-month mission to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th ...

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Dec. 22, 2025, based on Navy and public data. In cases in ...

Macron confirms plans for a $12 billion nuclear aircraft carrier, Europe’s largest warship, to replace Charles de Gaulle by ...

PARIS -- France will build a new aircraft carrier with a capacity for 30 fighter jets and 2,000 sailors, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday in what he described as "the display of our ...

Officially released photos and satellite imagery have captured United States and Chinese aircraft carriers across the Pacific Ocean over the past week, as both sides jostle for naval dominance in the ...

Most recent aircraft carriers have been named for US presidents—but this is not a hard and fast rule, and many other servicemembers and officials have also been honored. The answer is, like the naming ...

Satellite imagery revealed both of China’s indigenously built aircraft carriers—including the newly commissioned CNS Fujian—docked side by side at their home port in Yulin Naval Base. China’s ...

In November 2025, the Fujian aircraft carrier officially entered service with China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Unlike the Liaoning (CV-16) and Shandong (CV-17), which use ski-jump decks, ...

U.S. Southern Command announced Sunday that the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group had made its way into the Caribbean Sea, with 4,000 sailors and “dozens” of military aircraft aboard the lead ...