Japan is converting two naval vessels into aircraft carriers to bolster its defense posture in its southwestern islands.

Robert Copeland was a newly minted 30-year-old lawyer when he was called up for active duty at the outset of World War II. In ...

A US Navy warship has crossed a technological threshold by launching a one-way attack drone from its deck at sea, marking a new chapter in how the fleet can strike targets without risking pilots or ...

Approximately 3,000 Nimitz crew members are coming home after a nine-month global deployment. The ship will be performing maintenance at Naval Base Kitsap before a homeport shift to Naval Station ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. It was from Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, that ...

Two U.S. Navy warships pulled into Da Nang, Vietnam, on Monday for the first Navy visit to the city in two years, according to the service. The amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli — lead vessel of the ...

This is the bell of the USS California, one of 8 battleships hit in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The USS California was badly damaged by two aerial torpedoes and *** bomb. During ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy on Thursday released the results of its investigation into four incidents involving the USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group during its deployment to the Middle East in ...

It’s a big deal whenever an aircraft carrier loses a plane during a deployment. In a six-month span while deployed to the Red Sea this year, the USS Harry S. Truman lost three F/A-18 Super Hornets, ...

An image of the exterior damage to the USS Harry S. Truman after it crashed into the merchant vessel Besiktas-M on Feb. 12, 2025, while operating in the vicinity of Port Said, Egypt. (MC1 Cody ...

Sailors man the rails as the USS Abraham Lincoln passes North Island in January 2022. (File photo courtesy of the Navy) The USS Abraham Lincoln quietly departed from San Diego last week with the Navy ...

Toyota may be brewing up the unthinkable by working on a unibody-based Land Cruiser pickup electric vehicle. The rumor hails from Japan’s BestCar magazine, where the outlet reportedly got the scoop ...