The U.S. Navy announced on Friday that Sailors aboard the newest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completed Combat Systems Ship’s Qualification Trials (CSSQT) April 17, representing a major milestone in validating the ship’s capability to defend itself and the crew. The trials, which commenced in February, consisted of five phases. The […]

The U.S. Navy is steaming a massive Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group into strategically vital areas off the South China Sea. According to a recent service news release, the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) entered the South China Sea April 4 to conduct routine operations. This is the second time TRCSG has entered the […]

On Monday, the Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China officially reported that the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation conducted the training exercise in waters around Taiwan. In a statement presented by the Ministry, the Chinese PLA Navy Spokesperson Senior Captain Gao Xiucheng said it was a routine training exercise organized according to […]

Just this week, the F-35 Joint Program Office has confirmed that it has delivered a flight clearance recommendation to the Italian Navy for the safe operation of fifth-generation F-35B fighter aircraft on the upgraded Italian Navy flagship aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550). As noted by the F-35 Joint Program Office, to develop the recommendation, […]

U.S. nuclear-powered ship maker Huntington Ingalls Industries has won a $175 million contract to provide maintenance, training and planning support for U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. “We are very pleased the U.S. Navy has entrusted us to support the readiness of one of our nation’s most important power projection platforms,” said Garry Schwartz, president of Technical […]

Nevskoe Design Bureau, a leading planning and design bureau of shipbuilding industry in Russia, is crafting various proposals of new aircraft carriers, including hybrid modular ships, for the Russian Navy. Russian ocean-going warships maker Nevskoe Design Bureau has revealed what appears to be a modular aircraft carrier concept called the Varan. The company says that […]

General Atomics, a defense contractor that manufactures electromagnetic aircraft launch and recovery systems, will receive a contract for the procurement of supplies and services in support of new digital catapult systems of the Ford Class of Carriers.   The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced in a Jan. 14 notice posted to the government’s […]

A U.S. Navy CMV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft conducted its first take-off from an aircraft carrier, according to a press release issued Friday by the service press department. For the first time, the Navy version of the Osprey, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) tilt-rotor aircraft conducted the first ever landings, take-offs, and refueling from the flight […]

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The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded America’s largest military shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls undefinitized contract related to shift the delivery strategy for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) from a two-phase delivery to a single phase. The contract action announced today revises the two-phased delivery approach originally planned for the second ship in the Gerald […]

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Nine aircraft squadrons of Carrier Air Wing (CVW-3) returned to Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Naval Station (NS) Norfolk, NAS Whidbey Island, and NAS Jacksonville, Aug. 6-7 following their seven-month deployment aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), according to Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet. Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier strike Group […]