The Navy proposes to homeport the USS John F. Kennedy at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, replacing a departing Nimitz-class carrier. Electrical upgrades at the base will begin in 2026 to support the ...

John Feng is Newsweek's contributing editor for Asia based in Taichung, Taiwan. His focus is on East Asian politics. He has covered foreign policy and defense matters, especially in relation to U ...

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110), left, and USS Sterett (DDG-104), right, maneuvers with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70 ...

Lockheed Martin reportedly submitted its proposal for the U.S. Navy’s sixth generation F/A-XX fighter but didn’t satisfy the requirements, leaving Boeing and Northrop Grumman as the remaining ...

AFA WARFARE 2025 — Lockheed Martin is out of the running for the Navy’s sixth-generation fighter jet program, known as Next Generation Air Dominance or F/A-XX, Breaking Defense has learned.

With a thunderous bang, a Navy F/A-18 slammed onto the deck of the USS Carl Vinson on Feb. 16, snagging a steel wire with its tailhook to complete a “trap,” the Navy’s term for a safe ...

The ever-growing presence of Chinese aircraft carriers in the South China Sea has led to other regional powers desiring their own vessel to project influence over the contested waters. In recent ...

To work, this would require the purchase of additional B model F-35s used by the US Marine Corps featuring a STOVL (Short Take Off and Vertical Landing) design allowing them to operate from ships ...

The King visited HMS Prince of Wales in the sea between the south of Britain and France PA Images King Charles is checking in on a major British warship that might sound familiar. The King, 76 ...

In recent years, the US military has made much of a concept known as tactically responsive launch. This essentially means that if there is some rapidly developing threat in space—say an ...

It already has the world’s largest navy, but new satellite imagery shows that China is developing a huge nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that would rival the biggest vessel in the American ...