In October 1966, the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Oriskany was preparing for flight ops off Vietnam when a routine ...

There was no tradition of saving retired warships throughout the 18th or early 19th centuries. That changed due to a movement not in the United States, but in the United Kingdom. By the early 1830s, ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned the 19th and final Independence-class littoral combat ship today. The USS Pierre officially entered service, at a time when the Navy is looking to scrap or repurpose ...

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) prepares to conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) on Nov. 8, 2024. US Navy Photo Less ...

Typically, when you imagine an airplane being stripped for parts, you probably picture an older aircraft at the end of its life. An aging plane sitting in one of the world's massive airplane boneyards ...

U.S. Southern Command announced Sunday that the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group had made its way into the Caribbean Sea, with 4,000 sailors and “dozens” of military aircraft aboard the lead ...

Germany, France may downsize FCAS programme, FT reports French and German defence ministers set to hold talks Berlin sticks to end-of-year deadline for decision BERLIN, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Germany and ...

Lawmakers are set to question the need for certain safety mandates in cars, including automatic emergency braking, at a hearing to discuss how to make vehicles more affordable for Americans, according ...

The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal ...

Two recent aircraft carriers—each named USS Enterprise—would have made memorable museum ships. For various reasons, neither could be saved. Apart from the name USS Ranger, which has been used 10 times ...

The U.S. is set to designate Cartel de los Soles — a group that the Trump administration has claimed is headed by Venezuela's president — as a foreign terrorist organization, Secretary of State Marco ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a Budget dominated by tax rises, there is expected to be one big spending commitment: abolishing the ...