Many maritime pundits these days express the view that aircraft carriers are doomed. The ships are too large, too vulnerable, and increasingly irrelevant, they say. Others, however, opine that with their long range, sustainable high speed, endurance, hitting power, and surveillance and command and...
HMS Prince of Wales
COLUMN | The rise of the UAV carrier [Naval Gazing]
Both the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the current attacks on shipping in the Red Sea are graphically illustrating the efficacy of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) in the maritime domain. UAVs offer economical, high-endurance search, surveillance, and attack capabilities. Therefore, their use by naval...
Repairs on Royal Navy aircraft carrier to last until spring
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is slated to undergo repairs that will last about half a year, a navy spokesman told the BBC recently. This latest per ..
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USS George H.W. Bush Operates with French, Italian Carriers in the Ionian Sea
From top clockwise ITS Cavour (CVH 550), FS Charles de Gaulle (R91), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
U.S., French and Italian aircraft carriers operated together near Italy, the Navy announced on Wednesday.
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) joined with Italian carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550) and the French carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) for unspecified exercises in the Ionian Sea a week after the Pentagon announced five allied carriers would operate in Europe.
“We are stronger when we work together,...
5 Aircraft Carriers Set to Operate Together in Europe for NATO Exercise
From top left clockwise USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), FS Charles de Gaulle (R91), HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), ITS Cavour (CVH 550), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
U.S. aircraft carriers USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) and USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) will exercise with aircraft carriers from France, Italy and the United Kingdom as part of a joint operation across Europe meant to show NATO interoperability, the Pentagon announced Thursday.
The two American carrier strike groups, their embarked air wings...
COLUMN | Ship-launched UAVs set to revolutionise naval aviation [Naval Gazing]
Fixed-wing seaborne air power is a vital component of modern naval operations, as manned carrier-borne combat planes grow ever more sophisticated and potent. They are, th ..
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COLUMN | War in Ukraine: NATO’s maritime response [Naval Gazing]
Russian naval assets are very active offshore in support of Moscow’s Ukrainian campaign. NATO has responded with a large-scale deployment of its naval forces. Since the ..
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The ongoing Ukraine crisis – naval aspects
The major build-up of Russian land forces around Ukraine has received a great deal of media attention, but the accompanying accumulation of warships of the Russian Federa ..
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UK firm completes ammunition loading jetty for Royal Navy’s surface fleet
The third and final jetty refurbishment to support the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers has been handed over to its operators. The Northern Ammunition Jetty at Glen M ..
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Contract awarded for new Royal Navy support tenders
Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK) has awarded a contract to Cowes-based shipyard Diverse Marine for the production of three passenger transfer boats that will be operated by the ..