EMALS replaces steam catapults with electromagnetic force, changing how America’s newest carriers launch aircraft. Precision control, faster operations, and advanced landing systems show how ...

Shipbuilding threatens to clip the wings of the first tailhook drone.

Aboard CVN 78, the AAG and EMALS recently achieved achieved 10,000 aircraft recoveries and launches by 2022. Credit: General Atomics General Atomics, an aerospace and defence company based in San ...

President Donald Trump’s recent memorandum asked the Navy to justify the continued use of electromagnetic catapults (EMALS) on its aircraft carriers. The Navy is trying. Trump has been critical of the ...

To defend his preference for steam catapults over EMALS on America’s aircraft carriers, Trump has cited a conversation with a ...

General Atomics has won a $42.9 million U.S. Navy order for spare parts supporting the electromagnetic catapults and arresting gear on the service's in-service Ford-class carriers. The order, ...

General Atomics won a $1 billion modification, which adds scope for the production, assembly, test, and management of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) hardware with embedded software and ...

Despite an August order for the U.S. Navy to return to steam catapults on its newest carriers, the service appears to be sticking with electromagnetics.

PLA Navy Fujian aircraft carrier, China’s third carrier, but first to have an EMALS catapult, during its maiden sea trial last year. Credit: China Ministry of National Defense. In Hainan province, ...

The Pacific Ocean will get a little more crowded next year as China debuts its new Type 003 aircraft carrier, launching the flat-top just before the USS Gerard R. Ford (CVN-78) finishes its ...

The United States Navy made history on Dec. 18 when it launched the first aircraft using the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS). This technology will replace the steam catapult system ...

Washington: The US will provide the crucial Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for the Indian Navy's future aircraft carrier, the Trump administration has informed India. This gesture ...