Naval

Artist impression of a future aircraft carrier featuring three EMALS, two islands and phased array radar. © DR French President Emmanuel Macron is prepared to authorize development of his country’s next-gen aircraft carrier. The carrier, known as PANG, will replace Charles de Gaulle as well as serve as a platform …

Photo by China Daily According to China Daily, Chinese J-15 fighter jets have started take-off and landing training on the new aircraft carrier “Shandong”. The Shandong, China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier, has been conducting sea trials. The J-15s, also know as Flying Shark fighters, make its debut operational mission …

The US Air Force’s newest weapon, StormBreaker®, has a unique tri-mode seeker that enables pilots to hit moving targets in adverse weather or low visibility. Integration is progressing on several US fighter jets including the F-15E and now the F-18 Super Hornet. Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, …

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Strike Groups are underway and conducting operations in international waters as part of a three-carrier strike force exercise. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Conor Minto/Released) For the first time in nearly …

The carrier is currently outside the main harbor at Bandar Abbas As tensions remain high between Iran and the U.S., the Islamic Republic appears to have constructed a new mock-up of an aircraft carrier off its southern coast for potential live-fire drills. A credible report of a 650-foot long Iranian-built …

Gerald R. Ford class is a class of aircraft carrier being built to replace USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and eventually the United States Navy’s existing Nimitz-class carriers, beginning with the delivery of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). The new vessels have a hull similar to the Nimitz carriers, but introduce technologies …

U.S. Navy ships from the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and the America Expeditionary Strike Group transit the South China Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas V. Huynh) There are two U.S. aircraft carriers currently in the western Pacific and both now have reported cases …

A team of explorers has found the wreck of a United States Navy submarine that sank more than 60 years ago in deep water near the Hawaiian island of Oahu. USS Stickleback, a Balao-class submarine with the hull number SS-415, sank on May 28, 1958, after an accidental collision with …

India’s plans for a third aircraft carrier have reportedly been shelved over financial woes, after having been placed on hold in May 2019. INS Vishal, also known as Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 2 (IAC-2), is a planned aircraft carrier to be built by Cochin Shipyard Limited for the Indian Navy. It …

Russian designers display “Project 11430E Lamantin” future aircraft carrier design featuring Navalised aircraft version of Sukhoi Su-57 and Mikoyan MiG-35. As Russian shipyards prepare to lay down the country’s first post-Soviet carriers in Crimea, a pair of light warships estimated at around 25,000 tons each, the Russian Military appears set …