World War I was instrumental in spurring the development of the airplane. The tentative unstable Wright Flyer, which Orville and Wilbur Wright had barely gotten off the ground in 1903, had developed into a variety of sleek fighting machines. Amidst the...

An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and in most cases recover aircraft, acting as a sea-going airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power great distances without having to depend on local bases for staging...

Britain plans to build two aircraft carriers in the next decade at a cost of $8 billion, the Ministry of Defense announced Wednesday.The project is expected to create 10,000 jobs.The carriers, to be named HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, will weigh 65,000...

Defense: China may soon deploy its first aircraft carrier as experts warn our naval supremacy is being challenged by Beijing. As the Chinese proverb goes: May we live in interesting times.Commenting last month on China's announcement of an 18% increase in military spending, Defense Secretary...