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Indonesia Takes Delivery of Its First Aircraft Carrier

Indonesia will repurpose the gifted ship as a mobile platform for helicopters, drones and disaster relief.

Trump Orders Review to Replace EMALS With Steam on Future Ford‑Class Carriers

Navy Weighs Removing Doris Miller Name From Carrier CVN‑81

USS John F. Kennedy Completes Navy Acceptance Trials, Keeps Spring 2027 Delivery Target

US Destroyer Lost Power for Four Days in South China Sea

USS George Washington Arrives in Da Nang — Carrier Maintenance and Disposal Strains Grow

Chinese Carriers Complete Far‑Sea Training as Fujian Crosses Taiwan Strait

Navy Awards $17.6M Emergent Contract to Repair USS Gerald R. Ford

U.S. Navy Keeps Nimitz in Caribbean as Amphibious Group Begins Return

China Accelerates Type 004 Carrier Build as Liaoning Carrier Group Operates in Western Pacific

Navy Opens Review of Ford-Class Carriers, Leaving Next Two Ships in Doubt

U.S. Navy Seeks Enduring SOUTHCOM Response That Doesn’t Rely on Carriers

USS Gerald R. Ford Reaches Split for Repairs After Laundry-Room Fire

France Names Next Nuclear Carrier 'France Libre' With 2038 Service Target

U.S. Concentrates Two Carrier Groups and Stealth Jets Near Israel as Talks With Iran Stall

U.S. Sends USS Gerald R. Ford to Join USS Abraham Lincoln in Two-Carrier Show of Force Toward Iran

Navy to Deploy Unmanned Vessel With Theodore Roosevelt as It Tests Tailored Forces

Future USS John F. Kennedy Begins First Builder’s Sea Trials

Trump’s Battleship Plan Meets New Scrutiny Over Survivability, Cost and Strategy

France Approves Build of New Nuclear Aircraft Carrier, Targeting 2038 Service