WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wanted one thing, more than anything else, from his secretary of the Navy, John Phelan: a new class of battleships. “They’ll be the fastest, the biggest and by far ...

The United States Navy is making efforts that could help begin construction of the Trump-class battleship by 2028, according to reports. The Navy has also been in talks with two different vendors for ...

The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible. By Greg Jaffe and Helene Cooper Reporting from Washington ...

Project Orion envisioned a giant nuclear pulse spacecraft built not just for exploration, but for military dominance across the solar system. Backed by the US Air Force and built around atomic ...