President has suggested steam catapults every year since 2017, saying digital systems are too ‘complicated’ After nearly a decade of loudly complaining about the fact that modern US aircraft carriers ...

“Ski-jump” carriers are smaller and weaker than catapult-equipped ones—but as recent events involving the president show, catapults are far from a silver bullet for effective carrier operations.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) blasted President Trump on Thursday for ordering the U.S. Navy to revert to older catapult systems on ...

A U.S. sailor signals the launch of an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the flight deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford, March 2, 2026. (U.S. Navy) Despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s nostalgia for old-fashioned ...

(CNN) — President Donald Trump has directed the US Navy to scrap the modern electromagnetic launch system on an upcoming aircraft carrier and instead revert to an older, steam-powered catapult method ...

President Trump ordered the U.S. Navy on Thursday to remove the electromagnetic catapult system on aircraft carriers to launch fighter planes and revert back to using steam catapult systems, a move ...

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) blasted President Trump on Thursday for ordering the U.S. Navy to revert to older catapult systems on its aircraft carriers, arguing the change would be costly while ...