Aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships have a similar appearance, but they perform different distinct missions. Each has a different design and carries varying equipment. Aircraft carriers ...

Perhaps history will record that Alexeyev’s wild ekranoplan design was simply half a century ahead of its time. The three key problems that we have highlighted with aircraft carriers may be ...

The Navy’s first unmanned tanker is set to come to an aircraft carrier in 2026, according to the commander of Naval Air Forces. The first low-rate production version of Boeing’s MQ-25A Stingray will ...

Analysts with RAND Corp. argue the US Navy needs drone aircraft carriers and envision a whole new strike group to surround ...

What You Need to Know: The Akron-class airships, Akron and Macon, represented the pinnacle of rigid airship design and were the U.S. Navy’s only flying aircraft carriers. Built by Goodyear ...

China's third aircraft carrier, CNS "Fujian," prepares to set ... AP The Pentagon's Chinese military power report read: "This design [an electromagnetic catapult launch system] enables it [the ...

The Aircraft Carrier itself if a 6-wheel beast with an aggressive angular design inspired by a lunar rover with some pretty cool tech features — other than having a flying vehicle in the back.

The USS Carl Vinson is conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea, with the George Washington in Japan and ...

Spain is the latest nation to look at introducing carrier-based drones, which it plans to integrate on its sole aircraft ...

The J-35 is still under development, so if the J-XX is a follow-on carrier fighter, production may be some years off. If the ...

"As the US Navy comes to better understand how to design and use all-UAV carriers ... centerpiece of a carrier strike group." A traditional carrier — not counting its wing of 30 to 90 manned aircraft ...