The USS Nimitz is retiring this year, at the venerable age of 51. Here are 10 memorable pieces of history from her past five ...

European drone operations at sea are soon to spread, as Portugal prepares to launch Europe’s first drone carrier, the D. João II, later this year. Dutch shipbuilding conglomerate Damen is building the ...

Aircraft carriers replaced battleships as dominant naval power during WWII by striking targets hundreds of miles beyond visual range. Submarines waged economic warfare targeting supply lines. German U ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s top uniformed officer wants to convince commanders to use smaller, newer assets for missions instead of consistently turning to huge aircraft carriers — as seen now ...

The John F. Kennedy returned to its Virginia shipyard on Wednesday, completing a weeklong sea trial as it moves toward a scheduled delivery to the Navy early next year. The John F. Kennedy is the ...

During World War II, a small American destroyer escort quietly destroyed Japan’s final submarine scouting line in the Pacific. In May 1944, USS England hunted and eliminated multiple Japanese ...

China plans to field a force of nine aircraft carriers by 2035, according to a Defense Department report on Beijing’s military power released on Tuesday. The U.S. report says that the People’s ...

The Chinese military said its fast-growing navy has entered a "three-carrier era" following the commissioning of its most advanced aircraft carrier, CNS Fujian, last week. "The navy's ongoing ...

The Trump administration has ordered the deployment of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group in the Western Hemisphere as the U.S. continues to target suspected drug smuggling vessels in the ...

The Trump administration announced that the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group (CSG) will deploy to the Caribbean to help “dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations and counter narco-terrorism ...

Key Point - Japan reworked two “helicopter destroyers” into F-35B–capable flattops, threading the needle between Article 9 constraints and rising Chinese pressure. Here’s how it became legal—and ...

Chinese J-35 naval fighter launches from aircraft carrier Fujian (18). PLAN photo The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s newest and most capable aircraft carrier launched and recovered the ...