Not all aircraft carriers launch planes the same way. Some use steam or electromagnetic catapults to "fling" aircraft into the air. Others use a ski jump: a simple upward-curved ramp that lets ...

China’s state broadcaster has given a glimpse of the cutting-edge jet launch system in action on the country’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian. CCTV included the footage of the ...

Aircraft carriers are a key component of the U.S. Navy, supporting aerial attacks, security missions, and disaster responses by offering a launch and landing zone for dozens of aircraft while out ...

AeroHT, the eVTOL and “flying car” business arm of XPeng, announced it is one step closer to bringing its “Land Aircraft Carrier” to customers in China. The powers that be accepted the ...

An aircraft carrier airwing’s mainstay will always be its fighter jets, through which the carrier battle group can project force and take the fight to an adversary. The U.S. Navy has the largest ...

An F/A-18 fighter jet went overboard after trying to land on the USS Harry S. Truman on Tuesday. It's the second Super Hornet the Truman has lost in just over a week and the third of this deployment.

The fighter jet slipped off the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier, deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay, the Navy said. Two U.S ...

You can get in touch with Ryan by emailing [email protected]. Satellite imagery has captured a United States aircraft carrier in the South China Sea, where China claims sovereignty over most of ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

It's unclear exactly what went wrong during the landing. US carriers have catapults to launch aircraft and arresting gear to recover them. The wire cables are tensioned across the flight deck to ...