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General Atomics has told TWZ that it’s looking at adapting its ship-based Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear, EMALS and AAG, respectively, for use from land bases. While the company first developed EMALS and AAG for the U.S. Navy’s Ford class aircraft carriers, the growing interest in expeditionary campaigns ashore is driving new thinking about how to operate aircraft without access to large traditional runways.
Ford Class

Ford Class Carrier’s EMALS Catapults, AAG Arrester Gear Eyed For Land Bases

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 23, 2024

A look at an AIM-174 air-launched version of the SM-6 missile with previously unseen markings under the wing of a Super Hornet aboard the USS Carl Vinson has emerged.
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)

AIM-174 Missile Seen On Super Hornet About To Launch From A Carrier For First Time

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 23, 2024

General Atomics has revealed a new fifth member of its Gambit modular drone family that is carrier-capable and that could represent a step forward in a broader naval aviation vision for the United Kingdom and other countries.
Queen Elizabeth Class

New Carrier-Based Version Of The Gambit Family Of Combat Drones Is In The Works

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 23, 2024

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group expended 770 missiles and other munitions at Houthi targets over the course of a recently concluded nine-month deployment.
Carriers

770 Weapons Expended By Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group On Historic Red Sea Deployment

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 16, 2024

AI reading side numbers on carrier jets.
Carriers

Using AI To Read Aircraft Identification Numbers On Navy Carrier Decks In Testing

By Eric Tegler

Posted on Jun 26, 2024

Leonardo's AW609 tiltrotor has completed a series of shipboard trials aboard the Italian carrier ITS Cavour, a major milestone in the aircraft's development.
Carriers

AW609 Tiltrotor Has Flown From Italy’s Aircraft Carrier Cavour

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 26, 2024

smoke billows following an Israeli air strike that targeted a house in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the Lebanese-Israeli border on June 21, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on June 21, that fighting between Israel and Hezbollah must not turn Lebanon into "another Gaza." (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP) (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)

War Drums Grow Louder Along The Israel-Lebanon Border

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 25, 2024

China's first example of a new class of big deck amphibious assault ship, which may also be able to act as drone-focused light aircraft carrier, is continuing to take shape, and that shape is big.
Carriers

China’s Type 076 Is Shaping Up To Be A Monster Amphibious Warship

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 29, 2024

Congress says the Navy's CMV-22B Ospreys can only fly 30 minutes from a divert airfield, limiting their ability to provide carrier onboard delivery services.
Carriers

Navy CMV-22B Ospreys Only Allowed To Fly 30 Minutes From A Divert Airfield: Congress

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 14, 2024

China’s latest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, appears poised to leave port to begin its first at-sea trials. The development comes soon after five aircraft mockups appeared on the deck of the flattop, as you can read about here. Once the Fujian goes to sea, it will mark a hugely important step in the development of China’s naval aviation, with the carrier being the first of its kind to be fully locally designed and also its first to launch aircraft via catapults rather than by a ‘ski jump’ takeoff ramp.
Kuznetsov Class (and variants)

China’s New Aircraft Carrier Pulls Away From Its Pier Ahead Of Sea Trials

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 29, 2024

Mockups seen on the deck of the Chinese carrier Fujian
Kuznetsov Class (and variants)

Deck Of China’s Nearly Complete Carrier Now Hosting Multiple Aircraft Mockups

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Apr 17, 2024

New AIM-9X configuration for the super hornet and growler.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)

F/A-18 Super Hornets Now Flying With Four AIM-9Xs From USS Eisenhower To Counter Drones

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 11, 2024

Navy's CCA vision
Carriers

Navy’s Vision For Disposable Carrier-Based Loyal Wingman Drones Comes Into Focus

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 10, 2024

Drone kill marks on F/A-18E Super Hornet from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)

Navy Super Hornets Are Now Wearing Houthi Drone Kill Marks

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 19, 2024

The Indian Navy’s two MiG-29K/KUB squadrons, INAS 300 “White Tigers” and INAS 303 “Black Panthers” embarked the carriers during Exercise Milan 2024.
INS Vikrant

India Conducted Dual Aircraft Carrier Drills For The First Time

By Angad Singh

Posted on Mar 18, 2024

J-15 AND J-35 MOCKUPS ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER LIAONING
Liaoning (16)

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Heads To Sea With Mockup J-35 Stealth Fighter

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 29, 2024

China carrier J-35
Liaoning (16)

Mockup Of China’s Stealthy J-35 Fighter Appears On Unexpected Aircraft Carrier

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 13, 2024

Queen Elizabeth class carrier HMS Prince of Wales departing Portsmouth, February 12, 2024
Queen Elizabeth Class

Royal Navy Carrier Sails For NATO Exercise Amid Readiness Concerns

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Feb 13, 2024

Concept 2 sub-scale model on display at the World Defense Show
Queen Elizabeth Class

This Is BAE Systems’ Reworked, Stealthier Uncrewed Combat Aircraft Concept

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Feb 7, 2024

Super Hornets from the aircraft carrier Dwight David Eisenhower struck Houthi missile installations today.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)

Red Sea Ship Attacks Continue After Super Hornets Strike Missiles

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jan 19, 2024

Pictured is HMS Westminster 30NM off the British coast.
Queen Elizabeth Class

Royal Navy Forced To Retire Frigates Due To Personnel Shortages: Report

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jan 6, 2024

A new target on a range in northwestern China is clearly a full-scale representation of the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.
Ford Class

China Has New Full-Scale Target Of America’s Ford Supercarrier

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 5, 2024

People's Liberation Army Navy Type 003, Fujian, pictured during a CCTV news segment
Kuznetsov Class (and variants)

Our Best Look At China’s Nearly Completed New Aircraft Carrier

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jan 3, 2024

Mojave drone landing on HMS Prince of Wales
Queen Elizabeth Class

Mojave Drone’s Carrier Debut Shown In Greater Detail In Video

By Joseph Trevithick, Oliver Parken

Posted on Dec 12, 2023

Royal Navy Activates First F-35B Unit, Big Decisions On Type’s Future Loom
Queen Elizabeth Class

Royal Navy Activates First F-35B Unit, Big Decisions On Type’s Future Loom

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 8, 2023

Pictures and videos show testing of the catapults on the Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian, which is still being fitted out, has begun.
Carriers

China’s New Aircraft Carrier Begins Catapult Testing

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 27, 2023

Mojave Drone lands on aircraft carrier
Queen Elizabeth Class

Mojave Drone Flies From British Aircraft Carrier

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 17, 2023

Israel airstrike hamas gaza
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

Israel Declares State Of War, U.S. Navy Carrier Group Redirected

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 8, 2023

Russia Su-33 from the air wing of Admiral Kuznetsov, post crash
Admiral Kuznetsov

Su-33 Carrier Landing Crash Aftermath Seen In New Video

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Oct 2, 2023

A newly released report on the crash of a British F-35B into the Mediterranean Sea in 2021 includes a picture of the jet on the seafloor.
HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08)

F-35 Crash Report Includes Sonar Image Of It On Seafloor

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 11, 2023

china-us-shipbuilding-gap
Shandong (17)

Alarming Navy Intel Slide Warns Of China’s 200 Times Greater Shipbuilding Capacity

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 11, 2023

Royal Navy CATOBAR QE
Queen Elizabeth Class

Royal Navy Wants To Refit Its Carriers With Catapults, Arresting Wires

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 2, 2023

Ford Norway carrier
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

USS Gerald R. Ford Makes Historic Visit To Norway On Its Inaugural Cruise

By Oliver Parken

Posted on May 24, 2023

USS Gerald R. Ford Has Finally Set Sail On Its First Full Deployment
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

USS Gerald R. Ford Has Finally Set Sail On Its First Full Deployment

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 2, 2023

Chinese Carrier Recently Sailed Near Guam, Enters South China Sea
Liaoning (16)

Chinese Carrier Recently Sailed Near Guam, Enters South China Sea

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 25, 2023

JS Kaga pictured at at a dock in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 20
JS Izumo

Japan’s Converted F-35B Carrier Leaves Dock Sporting New Bow

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Apr 21, 2023

USS Nimitz inactivation process begins
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

Planning For Dismantling USS Nimitz Has Begun

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Apr 14, 2023

Admiral Kuznetsov pictured in May 2022
Admiral Kuznetsov

Russia’s Accident-Prone Aircraft Carrier Has No Crew

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 11, 2023

China PLAN carrier J-15
Shandong (17)

China Simulates Attacking Taiwan From All Sides With Help From Its Carrier Force

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 10, 2023

New Chinese Carrier Concept Looks A Lot Like U.S. Navy’s Ford Class
Shandong (17)

New Chinese Carrier Concept Looks A Lot Like U.S. Navy’s Ford Class

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 7, 2023

Navy Carrier-Based Drones Will Be Able To Be Controlled By The Air Force
Carriers

Navy Carrier-Based Drones Will Be Able To Be Controlled By The Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 5, 2023

Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov leaves drydock
Carriers

Russia’s Disaster-Plagued Aircraft Carrier Finally Left Its Drydock

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Feb 22, 2023

LCA NAVY
INS Vikrant

First Fighters Land Aboard India’s First Homegrown Aircraft Carrier

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 6, 2023

SAO PAULO CARRIER
Carriers

Brazil Plans To Sink Its Asbestos-Riddled Aircraft Carrier In The Atlantic

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 2, 2023

WZ-7 Soaring Dragon China
Liaoning (16)

Japanese Fighters Intercept China’s High-Flying WZ-7 Drone For First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 2, 2023

SHANDONG CV-17
Shandong (17)

Mock Attack On U.S. Navy Vessels Underway During Chinese Fighter’s ‘Unsafe Intercept’

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 30, 2022

Admiral Kuznetsov in Murmansk
Carriers

Russia’s Unfortunate Aircraft Carrier Has Caught Fire Again

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 22, 2022

Five NATO Aircraft Carriers Are Currently Operating In European Waters
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

Five NATO Aircraft Carriers Are Currently Operating In European Waters

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 18, 2022

PA-Ng
Carriers

This Is What France’s Giant Future Aircraft Carrier Will Look Like

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Oct 20, 2022

USS Gerald R Ford deployment
Ford Class

Navy’s New USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Finally Deploys For The First Time

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 4, 2022

Thermal Radar China Carrier
Liaoning (16)

This Spinning Camera On China’s Aircraft Carrier Is A Key Defense System

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 30, 2022

CVX_MODEL_OFFICIALS
Carriers

South Korea Drops Aircraft Carrier Ambitions, Doubles Down On Submarines

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 1, 2022

Navy Super Hornet That Blew Off Carrier’s Deck Back In U.S. Hands
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)

Navy Super Hornet That Blew Off Carrier’s Deck Back In U.S. Hands

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 8, 2022

J-15S_PLAN
Liaoning (16)

Our Best Look Yet At China’s J-15S Two-Seat Carrier-Capable Fighter

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 1, 2022

Our First Clear Look At China’s KJ-600 Carrier-Based Radar Plane’s Nose
Liaoning (16)

Our First Clear Look At China’s KJ-600 Carrier-Based Radar Plane’s Nose

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jul 26, 2022

Watch F/A-18 Super Hornets Complete Ski-Jump Tests For Indian Navy (Updated)
INS Vikrant

Watch F/A-18 Super Hornets Complete Ski-Jump Tests For Indian Navy (Updated)

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jul 20, 2022

Iran Drone Ship
Carriers

Iran Unveils Ominous New Naval ‘Drone-Carrier Division’

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 17, 2022

MIG29 wireframe Indian Navy
INS Vikrant

This Wacky Wireframe Fighter Replica Is Used On India’s Newest Carrier

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jul 12, 2022

Fujian Aircraft Carrier launch
Carriers

China Launches The Fujian, Its Most Capable Aircraft Carrier Yet (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 17, 2022

A satellite image showing China's still-under-construction Type 003 aircraft carrier at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai on June 14, 2022.
Liaoning (16)

New Chinese Aircraft Carrier’s Dry Dock Is Flooded, Launch Imminent

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 14, 2022

Tankers off southern california with USS Nimitz
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

Mysterious Exercise Off Baja Brought Nellis AFB, USS Nimitz Aircraft Together

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

Embraer Carrier Top Gun Maverick
Carriers

I Bet You’ve Never Seen A Private Jet Fly An Approach To An Aircraft Carrier Before

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

Pictures reportedly showing an array of drones on the deck of the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong.
Shandong (17)

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Seen With A Fleet Of Drones On Its Deck

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 2, 2022

A picture showing the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov inside a new drydock at the 35th Shipyard in Murmansk overlaid on a satellite image of the drydock.
Admiral Kuznetsov

Russia’s Cursed Aircraft Carrier Is Finally In A Drydock That Can’t Sink

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 20, 2022