A charming image of two southern elephant seal pups in a Falklands rock pool has earned Australian photographer Matty Smith ...

President Trump says modern U.S. ships are “ugly” — not ugly in the damage they can do to the enemy, but aesthetically ugly to what he believes is an expert eye. Hence, the commander-in-chief has ...

The head of the U.S. Navy believes the new Trump-class of battleships, called the “Golden Fleet,” should come equipped with lasers powerful enough to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles or ...

The Navy was not planning to unveil a new class of ship last year, much less two, but November and December brought the cancellation of a frigate program, the launch of another, and the comeback—at ...

On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato. Escorted by the light cruiser Yahagi and eight ...

Late last week, the Navy announced a replacement for the ill-fated Constellation frigate. The new ship would be “a smaller, more agile surface combatant designed to complement the fleet’s larger, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Almost as soon as President Donald Trump announced that the ...

US President Donald Trump has announced a bold plan for the US Navy to build a new, large warship that he is calling a “battleship” as part of a larger vision to create a “golden fleet.” “They’ll be ...

The U.S. Navy will get two new battleships, the “largest we've ever built,” sometime in the 2030s, President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 22. Construction of the ships, designated Trump-class ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump announced plans for new Navy ‘battleships’ armed with hypersonic missiles, nuclear cruise missiles, railguns ...

President Donald Trump has said the U.S. Navy will commission a new class of ships named after himself, which the president described as "100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built." The ...