Shipbuilders went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to plead for $600 million in advanced funding to keep aircraft carrier suppliers in production—an ask that comes amid delays, uncertain funding ...

The US Space Force has a contract worth up to US$60 million to develop and fly a kind-of aircraft carrier in space. No, it's not the result of a major typo. It's intended as a way to station space ...

This will likely be the last deployment for the USS Nimitz — the oldest active U.S. aircraft carrier — before its planned decommissioning in 2026 after 50 years of service. The strike group ...

The Pentagon has ordered the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to leave the Indo-Pacific for the Middle East to help a second carrier suppress the missile and drone attacks that ...

March 23 (UPI) --The United States is dispatching a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East in an effort to ramp up defense efforts against Houthi militia aggression in the commercial shipping ...

The Trump administration is dispatching a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East as tensions over the Houthi’s attacks on vessels in the Red Sea intensify. Military officials are directing ...

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A delay in procuring the next US Navy aircraft carrier could have major impacts on its industrial base. It'll affect more than 2,000 businesses, representing over 60,000 jobs across the country.

China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, is undergoing its seventh sea trial, raising expectations that it could be commissioned this year. The world’s largest conventionally powered ...

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That takes us back to the aircraft carriers. After all, two Carrier Air Wings (a carrier’s embarked air complement) constitute the minimum deployment structure in U.S. military plans to provide ...

Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap on Mar. 21, 2025, for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific.