The Navy should conduct combat shock tests on its new aircraft carrier that could disclose serious vulnerabilities in the costliest U.S. war ship ever built before it’s deployed in 2019, three top...

(Bloomberg) The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer has approved awarding Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. a contract valued at as much as $4 billion to start building the second in the new Ford...

This aerial ship photo of the day shows the  HMS Queen Elizabeth next to the 2nd largest British warship the HMS Illustrious. At 280 m (920 ft) LOA and displacing...

The U.S. Navy made aviation history Monday when an F-35C fighter jet made its first-ever arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier at sea off the coast of San Diego.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday that an aircraft carrier currently being built - the second of two new such warships - would be brought into service, ending speculation about its future.

Here's a new video from German car manufacturer BMW promoting its new M4, part of the notorious high-performance M-model coupes.

Now here’s something you don’t see everyday.

The following images leaked by the Royal Navy on their Facebook page show the bow section of the Prince of Wales aircraft carrier currently under construction. As you can see...

Russia handed over a $2.3 billion aircraft carrier to India on Saturday after years of delays, extending the South Asian country's maritime reach in the Indian Ocean as it looks to counter China's assertive presence in the region.

India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, built for the Indian Navy, was launched Monday at the Cochin Shipyard in the southern Indian city of Kochi.

For the first time in history an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, otherwise known as a drone, has completed an arrested landing on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.

The 60-foot long, 30-foot wide island was the 452nd lift of the nearly 500 total lifts needed to complete the first of the next-generation class of American nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, Gerald R....

BEIJING–China has passed a landmark in the development of its first fully functional aircraft carrier with the first successful landing of a jet fighter on the newly launched vessel while...

Since the commissioning of China’s first aircraft carrier, gCaptain’s inbox has been flooded with questions about what it means for the U.S., China’s emerging naval sea power, and the rest...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today the receipt of a $296 million contract modification, under a previously awarded contract, for continuation of long-lead-time material procurement for...

Introducing the ‘Liaoning’: China’s New Aircraft Carrier and What it Means By Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collins China’s first aircraft carrier, now referred to as the “Liaoning ” by China’s Ministry of...

Here is a three-dimensional rendering of Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) supercarrier’s build sequence, from keel-laying to launch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4F_JcFZSU4 Ever wonder why an aircraft carrier takes so long to build?...

A huge section of hull for HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers being built for the UK Royal Navy, left BAE Systems’ Portsmouth facility...

gCaptain forum members have been vocal in questioning the US Merchant Marine Academy’s (Kings Point) relevance in the modern world of increasingly large and complex commercial ships, however an officer...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.–Mike Petters keeps a well-thumbed volume of naval history handy on his desk. One of its lessons, he says, is that maintaining a fleet is a long-term national...