New Delhi: China achieved a major breakthrough in its naval capabilities, as the Chinese navy announced Monday the inaugural catapult assisted-take-offs and arrested landings (controlled stop of an ...

Among the aircraft launched was a new stealth fighter. It demonstrates China's technological leaps as it builds its naval forces. China published new footage on Monday of its latest aircraft carrier ...

China reached a milestone when its newest aircraft carrier successfully launched and recovered fifth-generation fighter jets with an electromagnetic catapult, possibly a global first, two defense ...

The United States Navy currently has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in its fleet. Of those, 10 are of the "old" Nimitz-class, while a singular example of the latest high-tech model is the Gerald ...

China’s Fujian carrier has successfully developed electromagnetic catapults—leapfrogging the US Navy, which mostly uses steam-powered catapults and has struggled to implement electromagnetic ones.

China’s latest and most capable aircraft carrier has used its new electromagnetic catapult to successfully launch three types of aircraft, according to Chinese state media, which released footage of ...

The world's largest navy is about to get a serious upgrade — and it doesn't mind showing it off. Over the past two decades, China has invested heavily in expanding its People's Liberation Army Navy ...

While the USS Gerald R. Ford was the first aircraft carrier to employ EMALS to launch combat jets. But China's Fujian stole ...

While the US Navy has launched fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighters from Nimitz-class carriers, it has yet to do so from the newer Ford class using its electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) ...

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