The kings of modern navies are aircraft carriers, but to flex their military might, they need to be able to output enormous ...

The United States has always counted on its fleet of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers to show its power around the world.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy is reviewing the design and costs of one of its most high-tech and expensive warships — the Ford-class aircraft carrier — and the service’s top boss is not ruling out ...

The first Boeing MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft conducted its first flight test on April 25, a year ...

Developers Boeing and the U.S. Navy say they successfully completed the first two-hour test flight of an operational model.

The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard are turning to drones to boost maritime power when manufacturing and acquiring new ships. Both services over the past year have sought to integrate a wide variety of ...

The modern aircraft carrier, by almost any standards, is a behemoth. The U.S. Navy's Ford-Class carriers are massive, with impressive technology and fighting prowess as well. But despite their ...

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If you have a redundant nuclear aircraft carrier lying around, you can give HGP Intelligent Energy a call. The Texas-based developer wants to repurpose the nuclear reactors used to power carriers to ...

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Scientists in China have demonstrated a wireless power transmission system that uses a ground-based microwave emitter to beam energy to an antenna array mounted on the aircraft’s underside.

Luke Diaz is a freelance military writer with experience with active duty experience in the US Navy as well as defense and industrial engineering. He is a former Naval Flight Officer who performed ...