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Can America Afford the $13 Billion Ford-class Aircraft Carrier?
The Ford-class is pricey, but the Navy can’t just throw away its ability to launch fighter jets from the sea. The journey of ...
The United States Navy Is Fielding Dozens of These Destroyers
The United States Navy maintains an edge when it comes to sheer numerical superiority over most nations. When you have ...
USS Gerald R. Ford Was Still Struggling With Its Dual Band Radar Prior To Deployment
The dual-band radar (DBR) aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the ship’s primary sensor system, ...
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Our Future Naval Strategy Depends on These State-of-the-Art Ships
At the end of 2024 came the christening of the USS Arkansas, a Virginia-class nuclear submarine, at Newport News Shipbuilding ...
Big Changes Are Coming To The U.S. Military's Fleet In 2025
The United States military is undergoing some serious changes in 2025, but the adjustments might not be what you think.
Pete Hegseth Didn’t Take Long to Hear His Master’s Voice and Snap To, Did He?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has decided to remove retired Gen. Mark A. Milley’s security detail, suspend his security ...
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The Ford-class Carrier’s EMALS Catapult Is Changing Naval Aviation
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 ...
5 U.S. Navy Ships Named After American Presidents
The United States Navy has a tradition of naming many of its popular ships after U.S. presidents. Here are five that stand ...
The US Navy needs drone aircraft carriers, naval analysts argue
Analysts with RAND Corp. argue the US Navy needs drone aircraft carriers and envision a whole new strike group to surround ...
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NAWCAD Lakehurst Hosts Groundbreaking Ceremony For New Test Site Capability
The JPALS update will allow compatibility testing for the MQ-25 on ALRE systems, starting with the TC-13 steam catapult and ...
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The one-of-a-kind ex-USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier is heading to the scrapyard, but a new JFK flattop is coming
A composite image shows the decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, left, next to a photo illustration of the future Ford-class supercarrier bearing the same name.Joshua Karsten/US Navy ...
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General Atomics Unveils Drone Launch Systems for Naval Vessels
used on the Ford-class aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy and, in future, the PANG (Porte-Avions de Nouvelle Generation/Next Generation Aircraft Carrier) of the French Navy. However, the company ...