As such, it's really no surprise that aircraft carriers are grand in both scale and cost. The U.S. Navy's mighty USS Gerald R. Ford, for instance, had an eye-watering price tag of $13.3 billion.

Operationally, these ships are significantly cheaper than large-scale aircraft carriers. Furthermore, they are typically far more mobile than full-sized aircraft carriers. These two different ...

Drills involving two U.S. aircraft carriers were once considered a rarity ... Eisenhower strike groups trained together Nov. 1-3 in the Mediterranean Sea. On Nov. 4, the Carl Vinson and Ronald ...