Witness the heart-pounding precision and unmatched skill required for nighttime landings and takeoffs on an aircraft carrier.

Landing on an aircraft carrier is one of the most challenging tasks in aviation. Pilots must approach a moving, narrow flight deck, often in adverse weather conditions, and come to a complete stop ...

Similarly, aircraft of all shapes and sizes have developed autonomous functionality that eases pressure on pilots. However, ...

Whereas a land-based pilot can be expected to “grease” the runway, carrier landings demand that naval pilots make a controlled impact—essentially a crash aboard the deck. Landing on an aircraft ...

A critical system failed as a fighter jet was landing on an aircraft carrier earlier this year. The $60 million F/A-18 fell off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman and into the Red Sea. A new Navy ...

The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit is perhaps the most recognizable American military plane of all time. It can reach subsonic speeds of over 600 mph, carry a payload of 40,000 pounds, and fly 6,000 ...

Xinhua News Agency reports that the Chinese navy has had take off arrested landing tests of the J-15T, J-35 fighter jets and the KJ-600 early warning and command aircraft with a electromagnetic ...

China’s navy has commenced flight tests from its new CNS Fujian aircraft carrier, with three different types shown taking off using the vessel’s electromagnetic launch system (EMALS) and conducting ...