The U.S. Navy has always prided itself on operating the most advanced warships on earth. So when President Donald Trump issued a directive in August 2026 ordering the Navy to rip out cutting-edge ...

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 Donald Trump wants the U.S. Navy to use steam-powered catapults – technology from the 1950s – aboard its aircraft carriers, instead of the electromagnetic systems the fleet is currently ...

President Trump has finally ordered the US Navy to return to using old steam catapults to launch its fighter jets. The mandate orders the Pentagon and Navy to present plans to replace the ...

Speaking aboard a U.S. Navy ship in Japan on Monday, President Donald Trump polled the sailors in the audience, "Steam or electric?" "Steam!" a majority of the crowd yelled back -- the correct answer ...

President Donald Trump wants the Navy to go back to the future by restoring steam catapults to launch planes from aircraft carriers, a directive that critics say will cost billions of dollars, ...

The Navy could end up spending billions to satisfy a new demand from President Donald Trump to rip out the high-tech electromagnetic systems it uses to launch jets from its newest class of aircraft ...