The U.S. Pacific Fleet told Newsweek that the U.S. military maintains a ready, capable and lethal force in the Indo-Pacific.

China took a major step in realizing its regional and global military ambitions when it launched its third aircraft carrier since 2012. Commissioned during a November ceremony at the People's ...

Carriers project strength, prestige, and global reach. But behind the flight deck are billion-dollar refuelings, nuclear waste challenges, crew shortages, and political battles over what these ships ...

A critical system failed as a fighter jet was landing on an aircraft carrier earlier this year. The $60 million F/A-18 fell off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman and into the Red Sea. A new Navy ...

China’s navy is gradually moving closer to becoming a peer adversary for U.S.naval forces in the Pacific region, as evidenced by China’s growing number of modern aircraft carriers and amphibious ...

The Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract valued up to $471.9 million to provide engineering support for Nimitz-class and Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers ...

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) arrives in Guam for a scheduled port visit, Aug. 17, 2025. George Washington returned to Guam for a port visit Dec. 1, 2025. US Navy photo ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. It was from Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, that ...

An MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter, attached to the ‘Dragonslayers’ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11, conducts a vertical-replenishment with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S.

The United States Navy is the most powerful in history. For decades, it has dominated the seas, and at the heart of that domination, at least through World War II, was the battleship. But today, the U ...

Airbus teams are racing to help airlines fix an issue affecting A320 jets. The company recalled some of the planes late Friday due to data corruption risks from solar flares. The recall could impact ...