Okinawa, Japan, the next year. The U.S. built 24 Essex-class carriers during World War II (an average of one every two months for four years); now it takes the United States a decade to commission a ...

Warships are a critical component of any military, but some ships were designed to intimidate through their sheer size. Here ...

The United States has the smallest defense budget in nearly 100 years. If the U.S. is in a cold war, it seems to be cheaper and less urgent than the last.

The United States Navy has a tradition of naming many of its popular ships after U.S. presidents. Here are five that stand ...

The U.S. military reports increased mental health distress among service members. The Navy is expanding its chaplain corps to ...

Defense programs, particularly shipbuilding, will experience high costs and delays if the administration's tariffs target ...

A composite image shows the decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, left, next to a photo illustration of the future Ford-class supercarrier bearing the same name.Joshua Karsten/US Navy ...

The Kennedy namesake will live on in the future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier. Expected to be delivered to the Navy ...

The USS William J. Clinton (CVN-82) and USS George W. Bush (CVN-83), the 42nd and 43rd Presidents of the U.S., are the latest ...

The aircraft carriers CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, CVN-81, CVN-82, and CVN-83 are the first six ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs).