President Donald Trump is naming a new class of ships after himself as part of his so-called Golden Fleet vision for revamping the Navy. In a speech at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday, ...

The Trump-class Battleship probably won't get built, but the hull could serve as a basis for much-needed logistical ships. America’s new battleship is unlikely to survive President Donald Trump’s ...

Trump’s battleship plan clashes with decades of U.S. naval strategy and technology shifts Experts described it as a "prestige project," a "bomb magnet" and said that "this ship will never sail." Even ...

The Newport News shipyard is likely the final assembler of the proposed Trump-class battleship, a Navy official said. Jason Potter, performing the duties of assistant secretary of the Navy for ...

President Trump on Monday announced plans to build a new fleet of Navy battleships, anchoring what he called the Pentagon's "Golden Fleet." The president said he approved plans to begin constructing ...

The U.S. Navy stands at one of the most consequential crossroads in its modern history. Congress is now pushing the service to simultaneously develop two entirely new classes of warships — a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Almost as soon as President Donald Trump announced that the ...