The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System is an electromagnetic catapult system developed by General Atomics for the United States Navy's CATOBAR supercarriers. The system enables assisted takeoffs o
A drawing of the linear induction motor used in the EMALS
The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System at Naval Air Systems Command, Lakehurst, launching a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet during a test on 18 December 2010
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USS Gerald R. Ford is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the lead ship of her class. The ship is named after the 38th president of the United States, Gerald Ford, whose World War II nav
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
…catapults used on the earlier Forrestal-class, Kitty Hawk-class, Enterprise-class and Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. The EMALS was first installed on the USS Gerald R. Ford, the lead ship of the new Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, c. 2015. The main advantage of the EMALS over the conventional steam catapults is that…
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) after departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia in October 2022
Ford in his U.S. Navy uniform, c. 1945
Gerald R. Ford undergoing the third and final blast of the shock trials, 8 August 2021
Gerald R. Ford returning to Naval Station Norfolk after completing her inaugural deployment to the Atlantic Ocean, 26 November 2022