Key Points and Summary - Why sell billion-dollar carriers for a penny? Because scrapping them costs a fortune. -Decommissioned supercarriers like USS Kitty Hawk and USS John F. Kennedy are massive, ...

The Indonesian Navy is now getting closer to acquiring its first aircraft carrier with the purchase of the aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi, which was decommissioned by Italy in 2024. While there ...

Indonesia lacks the capability to build a modern aircraft carrier. It has therefore looked to buy one instead. As it happens, Italy has one to sell. Another Asian nation is seeking to join the ...

The U.S. Navy will drop from 11 to 10 aircraft carriers for about a year once the USS Nimitz is decommissioned next year, as recent budget documents show a new carrier will be delayed from its ...

A projected two-year delay in bringing the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier to the fleet will eventually leave the service with just 10 carriers for nearly a year, according to Navy budget documents.

The world's largest and most expensive aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command announced Sunday that the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group had made its way into the ...

Indonesia is weighing the acquisition of Italy's decommissioned aircraft carrier as part of Jakarta's push toward a blue-water navy. Newsweek contacted the Indonesian Ministry of Defense and the ...

Aircraft carriers, as the name would suggest, often host fighter jets and other military planes and helicopters. The need to accommodate such vehicles is also associated with some unique machines ...