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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
What You Need to Know: The Akron-class airships, Akron and Macon, represented the pinnacle of rigid airship design and were the U.S. Navy’s only flying aircraft carriers. Built by Goodyear ...