HMS Illustrious, one of the Royals Navy's Invincible Class aircraft carriers, will visit London in May to add its considerable presence to Fly Navy 100 celebrations in the capital. Greenwich and ...

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

The White House announced Monday that the Navy will name the two latest Ford-class aircraft carriers after former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. The future USS William J. Clinton and ...

Two future Ford-class aircraft carriers are being named after Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. It's the US Navy convention to name nuclear-powered flattops after presidents, with some ...

A Nimitz-class aircraft carrier displaces approximately 100,000 long tons when fully loaded. Two nuclear reactors pour four steam turbines and four shafts, which produce 260,000 shaft horsepower.

The two names continue the convention for namesakes of USS Ford-class carriers, the Navy’s current largest and newest aircraft carriers. Of the six Ford-class ships under construction or ...

According to the French Embassy in Indonesia, the Charles de Gaulle-led carrier strike group reached two islands in Indonesia, Lombok and Bali, on Tuesday. The French aircraft carrier itself ...

In the latest of a series on Chinese weapon systems, Seong Hyeon Choi investigates the role of its aircraft carriers. China’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier the Fujian represents the ...

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sails in formation in the Philippine Sea. On Monday, President Joe Biden announced two new nuclear-powered aircraft carriers ...

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky) The official statement notes that the names follow the Navy tradition of often naming aircraft carriers, as well as ...