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

In modern times, the aircraft carrier is one of the most important pieces of military equipment that a nation can field.

The USS Carl Vinson is conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea, with the George Washington in Japan and ...

Ford, commissioned in 2017, is the latest and greatest addition to the United States ... to be carrier powers — less than ...

Ford. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that the future carriers Clinton and Bush will "serve as lasting tributes to each leader’s legacy in service of the United States." "Aircraft ...

The new carriers are part of a plan to boost American naval power. The U.S. Navy has 11 aircraft carriers, all nuclear-powered ... 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and waged wars in Afghanistan ...

The names, honoring the 42nd and 43rd presidents of the United States respectively, follow the Navy’s long-standing tradition of naming aircraft carriers ... 2036—assuming all goes according ...

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

A United States aircraft carrier remained in the South China Sea for operations this week, while all of China's "flattops" were spotted pierside. USS Carl Vinson: South China Sea An F-35C ...

Analysts with RAND Corp. say it is time for the US Navy ... carrier. In time, one or more all-UAV carriers might be used as the centerpiece of a carrier strike group." A traditional carrier — not ...