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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

Named after Shandong Province, the carrier can strike decisively during wartime. China has strengthened its maritime power as the country’s second active aircraft carrier achieved “all-weather ...

Jan 28 - A brief video tour of a U.S. aircraft carrier has been available to watch on TikTok since 2023, contrary to online suggestions that it was filmed in 2025 and uploaded to REDnote ...

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 ...

A United States aircraft carrier returned to the South China Sea this week, following a five-day visit to Malaysia, while a Chinese "flattop" conducted a new round of sea trials. Meanwhile ...

President Joe Biden announced the names of the newest aircraft carriers that will join the U.S. Navy: the USS William J. Clinton and the USS George W. Bush. The carriers, named after former ...