The colossus Graf Zeppelin was a German aircraft carrier armed with over 60 guns and room for over 1,700 people and 60 aircraft. It was widely regarded as the definitive German vehicle that could have ...

By envisioning a carrier with over 100 aircraft, the project aimed to enable the USSR to achieve naval superiority in the ...

In recent days, many a tear has been shed for the Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia’s only aircraft carrier. After a long and unlucky life, the ship has endured a retrofit so ill-fated that it’s now ...

The HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group will link up with the Japanese task group of the JS Kaga to practice combined F-35B operations. The UK’s Royal Navy and the Japan Maritime Self ...

The allied F-35 carrier drill comes after China deployed two aircraft carriers in the western Pacific in June.

The following is the August 1, 2025, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress. From the Report Introduction This report provides background information ...

Sideboys render honors to Capt. Joshua Wenker, prospective commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), as he arrives at the ship’s change of command ...

USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of August 4, 2025, based on Navy and ...

The biggest (and heaviest) aircraft carriers in existence today are operated by the U.S. Navy, with the Gerald R. Ford class topping the charts. It has a full-load displacement exceeding 100,000 tons.

In early 2020, during Trump’s first term, the Navy announced it would name a future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, one of the world’s largest warships, after Miller.

The company on Thursday said it had signed an agreement with defense contractor L3Harris Technologies to “explore opportunities” to develop a new aircraft class — specifically, a gas-turbine ...