Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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.

US President Donald Trump has ordered the US Navy to return to the old steam catapult for its future Ford-class aircraft carriers. But even as the administration pushes to revive the decades-old ...

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 ...

As the president seeks to redesign future aircraft carriers to reincorporate steam catapults, the US Navy appears to be proceeding with electromagnetic ones in its contracting. “We saw numbers in that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This duck had its beak broken in one of the attacks [Chesham Animal Rescue] An animal welfare group has warned that catapult ...

Kato Engineering will support the Energy Storage Subsystem of the Navy's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS). The contract is valued at approximately $49.26 million and extends through ...

Trump orders DOD to redesign aircraft carrier with steam catapults to launch jets President Trump has ordered the DOD to redesign an aircraft carrier with steam-powered catapults to launch fighter ...