Today, the half-cruiser-half-carrier of the mid-Cold War is a historical curiosity. The carrier half of the concept rightly took over. Starting in the 1960s, the world’s leading navies ...

When it comes to projecting power in naval operations helicopter carriers occupy a truly unique role. Unlike other aircraft carriers such as the Ford- or Nimitz-class that primarily launch fighter ...

Aircraft carriers are the largest and arguably most important military naval vessels in the world. Effectively a floating air ...

Aircraft carriers, which are capable of deploying large amounts of fixed-wing aircraft, are the best-known naval vessels capable of deploying both warplanes and helicopter detachments. The ...

Amphibious assault ships and helicopter carriers allow smaller navies to flex muscles that usually only larger naval powers have.

The USS Gerald R. Ford was delivered in 2017 and replaces the USS Enterprise. It requires fewer crew members, and has an Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System.

Not Aircraft Carriers: Japan Is Doubling Down on New Helicopter Carriers But by no means call the Izumo an aircraft carrier. She, and her sister ship the Kaga, commissioned in 2017, are ...

The Royal Navy is ready to begin operational training of its new Merlin "Crowsnest" Airborne Surveillance And Control (ASaC) helicopter as it prepares for the aircraft's first deployment aboard ...

The USS George Washington joined British and Japanese aircraft carriers in the North Philippine Sea for a show of force.

Specialized Navy ship now searching for helicopter that crashed off an aircraft carrier southeast of San Diego The HOS Dominator departs Naval Air Station North Island, Sept. 15.

Some of the U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers can carry up to 90 aircraft. Where do they put them, and do aircraft carriers store planes below deck?