Equipped with advanced catapults to launch heavier jets, "CNS Fujian" is considered the most capable Chinese aircraft carrier.

It's safe to say that nearly aircraft carrier in operation today is inherently advanced. We're long past the days when wooden platforms were strapped to the tops of ships so a nervous pilot could ...

The Chinese navy's third and most advanced aircraft carrier, CNS Fujian, was put to sea for the fourth time on Tuesday to conduct a new round of sea trials after it was launched two years ago. Named ...

A US official said USS Gerald R. Ford and ships in its strike group are headed to Europe. The scheduled deployment comes as the Navy moves ships near Israel amid an escalating Iran fight. The US ...

The AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY program aims to develop a long endurance, vertical takeoff and landing unmanned air system. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ...

DARPA’s AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY program, known as ANCILLARY, shows six design concepts for a low-weight, large-payload, long-endurance VTOL uncrewed X-plane. The ...

Nine aerospace manufacturers will each design an autonomous ship-based reconnaissance aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) for the Pentagon’s secretive technology incubator, the ...

Sikorsky has advanced to the next phase of a DARPA project to develop an unmanned VTOL aircraft capable of flying all-weather missions from ships or land. The rotor blown wing VTOL tail-sitter is ...

American Electronic Warfare Associates has booked a $466.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Navy to provide advanced aircraft research, development, test and evaluation, or AARDT&E, ...

The Navy’s new next-generation aircraft carrier will likely deploy to the Middle East or Pacific theater, bringing a new generation of carrier technologies to strategically vital hotspots around the ...

WASHINGTON — NASA has awarded a third contract for studies designed to identify advanced concepts for airliners that could enter service in 2025, fly with less noise, cleaner exhaust and lower fuel ...