It was well past time for the US Navy to replace its aging steam catapults with electromagnetic ones—but the new EMALS system has seen significant challenges of its own. Trump has made his distaste ...

EMALS does not matter when the ship can never slow down. Trial on shore can demonstrate that an electromagnetic catapult launches aircrafts; continuous work at sea determines whether it continues to ...

After years of testing, the Navy’s breakthrough electromagnetic catapult is now integrated into the service’s new generation of Ford-class carriers. Beyond the benefits of smoother launches, America’s ...

Some of the problems with EMALS were of the sort that could be fixed while the new ship was in service. That included tweaking EMALS operation to generate less stress on aircraft and modifying the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Topside testing of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System has begun aboard the Navy’s second Ford-class aircraft carrier, the ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Five years since USS Gerald R. Ford’s commissioning, the electromagnetic aircraft launch system’s success is under the microscope as the strike group undergoes its final ...

The carrier program that has been used in China does not resemble the old models of using repurposed hulls and short takeoff ...

The test launch of an F/A-18E using the futuristic EMALS technology is a first for the Navy, and a step closer to the next generation of aircraft carriers. Jon Skillings is an editorial director at ...