Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The U.S. Navy faces challenges in maintaining its mandated 11 ...

The C-2A Greyhound conducted its last ever catapult launch from a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, ending its 60-year Carrier On-board Delivery mission. The U.S. Navy’s C-2A Greyhound has flown off an ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's newest and most powerful of its three aircraft carriers sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the Taiwanese defense ministry said, a day after Taiwan began a ...

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, previously homeported in Bremerton, arrived at its new home in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 9. The ship will not come back to the Pacific Northwest as the Navy plans to ...

The modern aircraft carrier is a vessel unlike anything that's ever sailed the seas. From their advanced nuclear power plants to their massive crews and wide-ranging combat capabilities, there are a ...

On June 23, China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, transited through the Taiwan Strait. According to an official statement, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense confirmed that the carrier had ...

Aircraft carriers are floating cities that carry thousands of sailors and provide aerial strike and defense capability anywhere in the world. The latest series of aircraft carriers operated by the U.S ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Gerald R. Ford nuclear powered aircraft carrier seen at anchor - Peter R Foster IDMA/Shutterstock Aircraft carriers are ...

ABOARD USS NIMITZ UNDERWAY IN THE ATLANTIC ― Approximately 100 miles off the coast of North Carolina, a 14-nation armada converged in the blue waters of the Atlantic. Twenty-six ships from every ...

Can US Navy Sailors Be Intimate Aboard A Nuclear Aircraft Carrier? Life aboard a nuclear aircraft carrier raises questions that most civilians never consider. With thousands of sailors confined to a ...

After more than 51 years in service, USS Nimitz completed its final journey and will soon prepare for decommissioning and ...

The USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN-69) returning to Naval Station Norfolk after a 9-month deployment. - Greg Meland/Getty Images Title 10 of the U.S. Code was adopted in August 1956 as a six-part ...