The U.S. Navy once considered a radical and powerful warship concept: the “battlecarrier,” a hybrid of a battleship and an ...

Japan is significantly bolstering its naval power projection capabilities by converting its two Izumo-class helicopter ...

The HMS Prince of Wales may conduct “cross-deck drills” with JS Kaga using aircraft carrier-based F-35Bs. If realized, it ...

The Kaga is in the process of being converted into a light aircraft carrier, capable of launching and recovering the STOVL variant of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II.

Japan’s upgrading of a warship to become its first aircraft carrier since the Second World War has been criticised in China, raising questions about whether it violates the country’s post-war ...

An image published by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force on April 6 shows the Japanese helicopter destroyer JS Kaga at sea following the completion of light aircraft carrier modifications on ...

Japan's aircraft carrier JS Kaga completed sea trials off the California coast Friday. The light aircraft carrier was refitted with a flight deck to carry F-35B stealth fighters. The destroyer ...

The Japanese helicopter carrier JS Kaga conducted sea trials Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, to test modifications that allow the ship to embark F-35B Lightning II fighter jets. (Japan Maritime Self ...

One of the large casemate guns on the lower deck of IJN Kaga. The aircraft carrier had originally been built as a battleship, leaving the vessel with multi-generational technologies.

-Despite not officially labeling it an aircraft carrier due to pacifist constitutional policies, Japan’s upgraded Kaga enhances its air capabilities in the contested East China Sea, drawing ...

US and Japanese forces are integrating the short-takeoff/vertical landing F-35B onto the JS Kaga. The Kaga is a destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier and Japan's first such vessel since World War II.