It was deployed to support Operation Southern Spear. The ship is the first of a new class of aircraft carriers being built ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Ford-class carriers, led by the USS Gerald R. Ford, are the latest class designed to replace the aging Nimitz-class. With cutting-edge features... What You Need ...

During his October tour of East Asia, President Donald Trump boarded the USS George Washington (CVN-73) to speak to the service members onboard. In his speech, the President made it clear that he was ...

When you think of NASCAR, speed and efficiency come to mind, and that is exactly what the US Military demands from the new USS Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers. But how the quest for speed ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy's Ford-class supercarriers, including the USS Gerald R. Ford, were plagued by significant delays and cost overruns due to a "unrealistic" acquisition strategy.

France is pressing ahead with a new generation aircraft carrier, a nuclear‑powered “super‑carrier” slated to replace the Charles de Gaulle, which is planned to retire by the late 2030s, observers say.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the commissioning of its third aircraft carrier, China now boasts the second largest number of such ships in the world, though it still lags far behind the 11 operated by the ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The Gerald Ford aircraft carrier strike group has moved into the Latin America region, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, dramatically escalating a military buildup that ...

Trump has made his distaste for the US Navy’s new EMALS carrier launching system clear. Yet the catapults have clear benefits over their steam-powered predecessors, despite reliability issues. While ...

BWX Technologies, a Lynchburg-based manufacturer of nuclear components and fuel, announced Thursday that it has been awarded a $174 million contract from the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program to ...

BWX Technologies has received a $174 million contract from the U.S. Navy to manufacture nuclear reactor fuel in support of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. BWXT said Thursday the Navy contract ...

BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced the award of a U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program contract from September 2025 totaling approximately $174 million for the manufacture of naval nuclear ...