T he Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier currently serves as the flagship of the French Navy. The vessel, which was first commissioned in 2001, is the tenth aircraft carrier to be ...

with the step to nuclear propulsion planned for the future Type 004 class. While during all of these operations, many hundreds, if not thousands, of miles separated the aircraft carrier groups ...

The Shandong, China’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier, represents a modified design of the Soviet Kuznetsov-class. The vessel replaces missile ... range compared to Hawkeyes. France’s ...

As the Nimitz-class carriers retire, fielding their Ford-class replacements in a timely manner is imperative. Delays to ...

French maritime strategy has been on full public display with the deployment of the French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) from ...

The Liaoning (Type 001) is actually a refurbished version of Russia’s notorious Admiral Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier, while the Liaoning is brand-new but shares the same structure.

On the face of it, comparing an aircraft carrier with a tugboat is like comparing a family saloon car with a locomotive. It should be a no-contest. For instance, the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class is ...

Consider the largest of these hulking ships, America’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier ... pioneered on America’s newest Ford-class carriers. Electromagnetic catapults are broadly ...

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Carl Vinson arrived at Naval Base Guam on March 24 for a scheduled port visit. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan/U.S. Navy) The aircraft ...

Likewise, nuclear aircraft carriers are facing delays as production on future Ford-class hulls are taking longer than anticipated, the officials told the Senate Armed Services seapower subcommittee.