The U.S. Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has left the Mediterranean and is now on its way to the Caribbean, an unusual move that expands on an already significant military buildup in the region.

China’s newest aircraft carrier may only be able to conduct air operations at about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy carrier, two former US carrier officers say, a substantial combat limitation for a vessel meant to revolutionize Beijing’s fleet.

The Chinese Navy has commissioned the first aircraft carrier with electromagnetic catapults, Fujian, into active service in Hainan.

The US Navy has been developing its new nuclear supercarrier, the USS John F. Kennedy, for over a decade now. Here's everything the vessel brings to the fleet.

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, billed by the US Navy as “the most capable, adaptable, and lethal combat platform in the world,” is being sent to the Caribbean as the Trump administration ramps up military pressure on Venezuela over alleged drug trafficking.

The U.S. Navy faces a “glaring” aircraft carrier shortage, a “tragedy” of American manufacturing, as it builds less than 1% of the world’s ships while China builds 50%. -The new Ford-class is severely delayed (only one of ten is complete),