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Washington has spent the better part of a decade arguing about the Ford class‘s electromagnetic catapults. Beijing spent roughly the same period building a...
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Washington has spent the better part of a decade arguing about the Ford class‘s electromagnetic catapults. Beijing spent roughly the same period building a...
What is the future of the USS Gerald R. Ford-class of aircraft carriers? The Ford has endured its share of schedule slips and cost...
MANILA – It’s official, the Shenyang J-35 stealth fighter aircraft carrier variant now has a new name. The service nickname given to the aircraft...
Anytime I ever brought up Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the tragedy we call the Admiral Kuznetsov, U.S. Naval officials either laugh or cringe. As...
Why the Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers are So Special: There is a particular kind of warship that gets rarer the longer you study naval history....
Key Points and Summary – United States Navy sailors face deployment cycles ranging from six to twelve months aboard surface combatants, submarines, and aircraft...
The U.S. Navy is currently undertaking a significant review of its future aircraft carrier force, with particular focus on the next-generation Ford-class carriers. This...
The conventional assumption, perhaps Hollywood-driven, is that nuclear submarine command is the most stressful leadership post in the Navy—nuclear reactors, confined spaces, ocean depths,...
Summary and Key Points: The United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), operating as the lead ship of the Ford-class...
Key Points and Summary – United States Navy and Marine Corps aviators consistently report higher stress levels landing high-performance fighter aircraft on aircraft carriers...