U.S. Navy officials have laid out several priorities they say are key to ensuring the service’s carrier air wings will be able to succeed in future conflicts, especially a high-end fight in the ...

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 ...

The top speed of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is approximately thirty knots (34.5 mph), while the top speed of an Oreshnik missile is anywhere between Mach 10 and Mach 11 (7,610–8,450 mph).

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Six-wheeled 'mothership' with range-extender electric powertrain is used to transport folding six-rotor aircraft ...

According to latest data by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), seven Indian carriers accounted for an all-time ...

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 ...

FRANCE’S carrier strike group, including its aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, is set to visit the Philippines for a port call visit and will hold a bilateral military exercise with the US Navy east ...

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