U.S. Air Force study explored turning a Boeing 747 into an airborne aircraft carrier, launching and recovering fighter jets mid-flight. Inspired by past military experiments, the concept was ambitious ...

Vice Adm. Daniel Cheever, commander of Naval Air Forces, is confident the Navy will fly its MQ-25s this year and integrate ...

Facing reliability, maintainability challenges, 11 F-35 Lockheed Martin fighter jets crashed since 2018, mainly in US, ...

The following is the Jan. 14, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: ...

Wall Street analysts worry that new Chinese stealth aircraft could persuade the US to buy fewer of Lockheed Martin's F-35 ...

See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.

The following is the Jan. 17, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, U.S. Air Force Next-Generation Air ...

Poseidon MRA1 aircraft from the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Force to assist ...

Reports of China’s completing its ninth Type 055 guided missile cruiser and the inclusion of introductory flight operations by China’s latest carrier, Fujian, are but two components of Beijing’s ...

The EMALS is an electromagnetic catapult that relies upon a linear induction motor, rather than a traditional steam piston, to launch aircraft. The Ford-class aircraft carriers are the most expensive ...

CATOBAR carriers offer significant advantages over carriers lacking an aircraft launch system ... where it enjoys the support of the PLA Air Force and PLA Rocket Force. The American Navy is ...