French President Emmanuel Macron today announced that France's PANG next generation aircraft carrier programme will proceed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The United States Navy's only forward-deployed nuclear-powered ...

The U.S. Navy has awarded HII multiple contract modifications totaling approximately $142.9 million to support the completion of Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald R.

November 3, 2025: Delays in building new Ford-class CVN nuclear-powered aircraft carriers mean that, within a year, the U.S. Navy will have only ten carriers rather than the usual eleven. The first ...

Key Points and Summary - USS Enterprise (CVN-80), the third Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, has slipped to a 2030 delivery after successive delays. -Causes include harder-than-expected integration of ...

China and the USA are racing to develop unmanned wingman drone fighter jets. Those will form mixed manned and unmanned fighter jets with fighter superdrones. China’s new Fujian aircraft carrier with ...

New nuclear supercarriers are multibillion-dollar warships, bought over many years and supported for decades, so the true bill spans acquisition, mid-life refueling, modernization, and day-to-day ...

It’s rare to see an American aircraft carrier up close in Europe. Even rarer is the chance to go aboard to observe the crew’s daily life and watch the takeoffs and landings of the aircraft stationed ...

The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, under construction at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding in 2023. (Photo: HII) If the Navy procures the fifth and sixth ...

Newport News Shipbuilding is making history this year with its development of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, as for the first time, it is building two Gerald R. Ford-class carriers simultaneously ...

The US Navy's next aircraft carrier is almost finished but faces challenges with its elevators, among other technology. The advanced weapons elevators were previously an issue on the first-in-class ...

Part of the aft of the future USS Enterprise (CVN-80) being constructed inside the dry dock at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding. (Justin Katz/Breaking Defense) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump today ...