An F/A-18F fighter jet launches from the flight deck of the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on February 5, 2025. An F/A-18F fighter jet launches from ...

As an example of what is coming, RAND points to the US Navy's MQ-25 Stingray, scheduled for deployment in 2026 as an unmanned tanker aboard traditional aircraft carriers. MQ-25 manufacturer Boeing ...

This photograph captured on January 28, 2025, by the United States Landsat 8 and 9 satellites shows the Chinese navy aircraft carrier CNS Shandong at its home port in Sanya in China's southern ...

A composite image shows the decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, left, next to a photo illustration of the future Ford-class supercarrier bearing the same name.Joshua Karsten/US Navy ...

The ex-aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy began its final journey to the scrapyard. The decommissioned vessel was the last conventionally powered flattop built by the US Navy. The Kennedy namesake will ...

“President Clinton and President Bush led the United States through some ... notes that the names follow the Navy tradition of often naming aircraft carriers, as well as other warships, after ...