If disaster response is the Indonesian Navy’s true priority, expanding and modernizing its existing fleet would deliver far ...

Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given time—with the rest in port or undergoing maintenance. The United States Navy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Just a year ago, Russian state media were still reporting that ...

China plans to field a force of nine aircraft carriers by 2035, according to a Defense Department report on Beijing’s military power released on Tuesday. The U.S. report says that the People’s ...

The new Chinese carrier—the fourth in its inventory—is expected to enter service in the 2030s, well after China’s projected attack on Taiwan in 2027. China has initiated construction of its first ...

You may have had some bad days at work, but they probably didn't involve a $60 million mistake when you accidentally dumped a fighter jet into the ocean. That's exactly what happened aboard aircraft ...

The world's first drone mothership, Jui Tian, took to the skies for its first-ever flight on December 11th, 2025, in the Pucheng region of Shaanxi province in China. The massive remotely piloted jet ...

Dec. 27 (Asia Today) --China's push to become a major aircraft carrier power, which gained momentum after it commissioned its first carrier in 2012, could expand into a fleet of nine carriers by 2035, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. During the process, the supercarrier's nuclear reactors will be ...

The lead ship of the new Trump-class battleship is to cost as much as a Ford-class aircraft carrier, according to an analyst for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Due to the ...

Keeping an aircraft carrier running means feeding thousands of sailors without pause. Across the fleet, the United States Navy serves roughly 93,000 meals every day, all planned weeks in advance and ...

Feeding an aircraft carrier is a nonstop operation that looks more like a factory than a restaurant. Using massive steam kettles, industrial ovens, and round-the-clock shifts, Navy culinary ...