Key Points – The delivery of the US Navy’s second Ford-class aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), is likely to be delayed beyond its July 2025 contract date. -Navy officials cited ...

Navy planes recently carried out history's "largest airstrike" from an aircraft carrier, an admiral said. The bombardment targeted terrorist groups in Somalia, the acting chief of naval operations ...

The US Navy is plagued by shipbuilding and maintenance issues, and faces a rising China that is rapidly modernizing its naval ...

Late in the Cold War, the Soviets sought to blunt the Americans’ naval advantage – specifically, powerful US aircraft carriers with their heavily-armed air wings – by building up a force of long-range ...

The US Navy recently announced that the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is expected to deploy to Europe near the Middle East. This would put a third carrier group in striking distance of ...

The USS Harry S. Truman and its strike group will return to the U.S. over the next four days following a deployment battling Houthi drones and missiles in the Red Sea, the Navy announced Thursday.

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is now in the Mediterranean Sea, USNI News understands. Ford, the flagship of the Gerald R. Ford ...

On December 22, the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, part of Truman's strike group, shot down an F/A-18 Super Hornet over the Red Sea in what the US military said was "an apparent case of ...

The U.S. Navy said the presence of its aircraft carriers have deterred adversaries from striking against the country's interests.

Construction of the Washington commenced at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where her keel was laid down on June 14, 1938.

The US Navy’s newest and biggest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, is set be deployed to the Mediterranean, according to a report.

US Navy carrier strike groups usually consist of the carrier plus cruisers and/or destroyers equipped with the Aegis missile system to defend the prized asset at their heart.