The US Space Force first demonstrated this tactically responsive capability with a launch on Firefly's Alpha rocket in 2023. As part of this "Victus Nox" test flight, a satellite was encapsulated into ...

Half rescue craft, half flying aircraft carrier, the “plane-plane” was a proposed 1960s aircraft like no other. Its primary ...

That means it will act as the space-based equivalent of an aircraft carrier ... Gravitics CEO Colin Doughan said the Orbital Carrier concept is a "critical initiative" for the U.S. Space Force's ...

The lead ship in the Columbia class of nuclear submarines is facing delivery delays of up to 18 months, and “critical path ...

The US Space Force has a contract worth up to US$60 million to develop and fly a kind-of aircraft carrier in space. No, it's not the result of a major typo. It's intended as a way to station space ...

Still, the carrier-based U-2 concept never gained much momentum. According to the CIA, no further U-2 flights were conducted from aircraft carriers, and no version of the U-2 ever entered service ...

Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap on Mar. 21, 2025, for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

A delay in procuring the next US Navy aircraft carrier could have major impacts on its industrial base. It'll affect more than 2,000 businesses, representing over 60,000 jobs across the country.

The network would be designed to include vertiports at existing aviation assets around the region, including both airports and NYC helipads.

Shipbuilders went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to plead for $600 million in advanced funding to keep aircraft carrier suppliers in production—an ask that comes amid delays, uncertain funding ...