The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers will be prepared to fight at extended ranges well into the future, the service’s director of air warfare said, Defense News reports..
Rear Adm. Greg Harris told a virtual audience that the conclusion of a new force structure study on the carrier air wing – the aircraft and associated personnel assigned to aircraft carriers – plus a combination of new systems and new weapons coming online would make the carrier relevant even as potential adversaries invest in long-range weapons to keep the Navy’s powerful strike arm at bay.
