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The Ford-class Carrier’s EMALS Catapult Is Changing Naval Aviation
The EMALS is an electromagnetic catapult that relies upon a linear induction motor, rather than a traditional steam piston, to launch aircraft. The linear induction motor, as the name implies ...
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Here's how the US Navy tests their new aircraft carrier's catapults
"You can now start to do things with aircraft design that you couldn't do before," Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carrier Rear Adm. Tom Moore told USNI News. The Navy tests the catapults ...
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China’s most advanced Fujian carrier shows signs of heavier fighter jet training
The only other ship with similar advanced catapult system is the United States Ship Gerald R Ford, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of over 100,000 tons.