The U.S. has not reported damages from such attacks amid its extensive military strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen

ARLINGTON, Va. — The coalition of industrial base suppliers for aircraft carrier production is warning that some suppliers’ production lines are going “cold” or soon will do so in there is further delay in starting procurement for the next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, (CVN 82).

Without a start date for CVN 82, USS William J. Clinton, thousands of suppliers are worried their production lines will go cold.

France, a key European member of NATO, deployed its only aircraft carrier, FS Charles de Gaulle, for a planned five-month Indo-Pacific mission last November. The warship took part in at least two naval exercises that involved foreign aircraft carriers during the deployment.

The aircraft carrier Carl Vinson is being deployed to the Red Sea, where it will help the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group combat Houthi rebels.

Satellite imagery indicates that Beijing might already be working on its fourth aircraft carrier—and this carrier is likely to be nuclear-powered.

A Chinese aircraft carrier was spotted launching fighter jets in the Western Pacific Ocean on Tuesday during large-scale drills around the self-ruled island of Taiwan. Newsweek has reached out to the Chinese Defense Ministry for comment by email.

The Chinese aircraft carrier CNS Shandong (17) made its first deployment to the Western Pacific for 2025 and was a major unit in Tuesday’s military drill targeted at intimidating Taiwan Tuesday, according to Beijing officials.

The U.S. Navy doesn’t need to abandon its carriers. It needs to use them differently—and it’s already moving in that direction.

India's parliament on Thursday passed a landmark aviation bill that will make it easier for global aircraft leasing companies to repossess jets and engines when a carrier defaults on its payments, a big win for international lessors in a key market.