Flight operations on the Navy's newest aircraft carrier were cut back during recent at-sea trials after the new high-tech system that launches aircraft from the flattop's flight deck went down. The ...

An artist’s concept of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS). General Atomics Image The Navy completed testing on a software fix for its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) ...

EMALS launchers use linear induction motors to generate a strong electromagnetic field that can accelerate aircraft along the flight deck. This system replaces the steam pressure system found on ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Navy’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) encountered problems Tuesday morning prior to a round of testing in front of media, but Navy and industry officials say ...

Recent problems that caused a temporary shutdown of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) aboard aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) during sea trials do not signal an issue with ...

February 16, 2019: In early 2019 the U.S. Navy confirmed that it had major problems with the design, construction and performance of its new EMALS (Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System) catapult ...

In an op-ed for Defense News this week, Vic Adm. Lewis W. Crenshaw Jr. (retired) suggested that among the U.S. Navy’s Ford-class “game-changing advancements” is the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch ...

The Navy is preparing to launch the first ship-board tests of a new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System designed to replace steam catapults and propel fighter jets and other aircraft off the deck ...

The U.S.S Gerald R. Ford is the world's most advanced military vessel, and boasts technological innovations including the ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford launched and recovered its first fighter jet on Friday. This test, performed just six days after commissioning, was not only the new carrier's first launch and recovery but also ...

For more than 50 years, the on-ramp to the highway to the danger zone was a steam catapult that launched fighter jets from an aircraft carrier, but it looks like that could soon be set to change. The ...

A fighter plane taking off from a strike carrier is a dramatic sight – not the least because of the woosh and plume of steam as the catapult blasts the aircraft into the air. In a few years, such ...