The meta-problem with the aircraft carrier is straightforward enough. Every new development in missile technology makes it harder and harder to claim that aircraft carriers are worth the ticket price.

A United States nuclear-powered aircraft carrier continued to patrol the South China Sea this week, following a bilateral naval exercise with Washington's ally the Philippines. USS Carl Vinson ...

The time has come for the US Navy to field a new type of ship to supplement its supercarriers: Drone flattops. They would be crewed by robots and artificial intelligence, alongside human sailors ...

The most advanced but yet-to-be-commissioned Chinese aircraft carrier, CNS Fujian, has been spotted inside a dry dock by satellites after a series of sea trials over the past nine months.

Conceived over 100 years ago starting with Britain’s HMS Hermes, the dedicated aircraft carrier is a feat of modern naval engineering. Building one is a massive technical and financial ...

Analysts with RAND Corp. say it is time for the US Navy to field drone aircraft carriers. These drone carriers disperse combat power at less expense and with less crew. A fleet of drone carriers could ...

Gallant British sailors in the Indo-Pacific region have joined a French Carrier Strike Group for a “high-level” mission. HMS Spey, a Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel based in the area, has ...

With its planned retirement, one feat remains out of reach for the Raptor: landing and taking off from an aircraft carrier. We will never see a Raptor land on an aircraft carrier for two reasons. The ...

The French Navy aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle arrived in Goa on January 4. It received a grand welcome from the Indian Navy band. The carrier, with its strike group, will engage in various naval ...

The ex-aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy began its final journey to the scrapyard. The decommissioned vessel was the last conventionally powered flattop built by the US Navy. The Kennedy namesake will ...

The carrier is too large, slow, and costly to evade rapidly evolving missile technology.

China has strengthened its maritime power as the country’s second active aircraft carrier achieved “all-weather” combat capacity last year. Named Shandong, the carrier recently completed its ...