The world's largest aircraft carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, which entered service in 2017. It's the lead ship in the U.S. Navy's latest Gerald R. Ford class of nuclear aircraft carriers ...

Summary and Key Points: Some analysts argue that the era of the aircraft carrier is over, claiming these vessels are now multi-billion-dollar vulnerabilities. -Modern threats such as submarines ...

An American aircraft carrier returned to the South China Sea, while a Chinese "flattop" conducted another sea trial.

A U.S. aircraft carrier continued to patrol the South China Sea this week, while the most advanced but yet-to-be-commissioned Chinese "flattop" concluded another sea trial. Meanwhile, an aircraft ...