The shipbuilding industrial base is warning that the US Navy's aircraft carrier delay could be a disaster
Without a start date for CVN 82, USS William J. Clinton, thousands of suppliers are worried their production lines will go ...
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RNAS Culdrose's 'close knit' squadron share thoughts on upcoming deployment
With a matter of weeks before they set off on a global deployment, we speak to some of the crew in Cornwall about how they ...
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Industry warns of ‘cold’ production lines for aircraft carriers, asks for more AP funding
Aircraft carrier industrial base members prepared today to plead their case on Capitol Hill, asking for $600 million in advanced procurement funding for the fifth Gerald R. Ford-class carrier (CVN-82) ...
Firm wins Space Force funding to provide an “aircraft carrier” in orbit
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 ...
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US Navy prepares Ford carrier strike group for possible deployment scenarios with COMPTUEX
With aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) and its carrier strike group (CSG) preparing for deployment later in 2025, ...
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US set for escalation in Red Sea against the Houthis with deployment of second nuclear-powered carrier
The US is set for a major escalation in the Red Sea against the Houthis with the expected deployment of a second ...
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USS Nimitz Sets Sail For Likely Final Deployment
Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base ...