The Ford-class is pricey, but the Navy can’t just throw away its ability to launch fighter jets from the sea. The journey of ...

The dual-band radar (DBR) aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the ship’s primary sensor system, ...

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

The United States Navy maintains an edge when it comes to sheer numerical superiority over most nations. When you have ...

The EMALS is an electromagnetic catapult that relies upon a linear induction motor, rather than a traditional steam piston, to launch aircraft. The Ford-class aircraft carriers are the most expensive ...

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

Warships are a critical component of any military, but some ships were designed to intimidate through their sheer size. Here ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries is the largest independent military shipbuilder in the US, spun off of Northrop Grumman in 2011. It operates three segments, two of which are storied shipyards: Ingalls ...

The object being moved, in the case of the EMALS, is an aircraft ... the EMALS should improve the Ford’s SGR relative to preceding Nimitz-class carriers. To be fair to the steam catapult ...

The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

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 ...