The Navy is preparing to launch the first ship-board tests of a new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System designed to replace steam catapults and propel fighter jets and other aircraft off the deck ...

The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman slingshot an unmanned aircraft into the skies Thursday at a facility in Patuxent River, Md., the first of a series of shore-based catapult-to-flight tests over the ...

The Navy plans to fix the software on its new carrier-based electromagnetic catapult system so that it can launching F/A-18s and Growlers carrying additional external fuel tanks under the wings, ...

The Navy said Thursday it plans to fix the catapults on its newest aircraft carrier so the system doesn’t cause too much stress on warplanes fitted with external fuel tanks. Bloomberg News reported ...

The US Navy is full of time-honored traditions. A personal one for naval aviators is known as a "boot shoot." Catapult officers, known as shooters, launch their boots off a flight deck in a final ...

An F/A-18E Super Hornet is launched during a test of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) at Naval Air Systems Command, Lakehurst, N.J., on Dec. 18, 2010. (Navy) The state-of-the-art ...

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet accelerates from a dead stop to flight speed in a matter of seconds, propelled by a steam catapult on the deck of an aircraft carrier. That violent burst of energy, ...

A digital launch system installed on the new USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier has become President Trump’s newest defense industry target. Trump, who since December has bashed cost overruns in the ...

Aircraft carriers could always use a little more room to make take off easier. The Navy has been helping itself with steam powered catapults for a while but the USS Ford has just installed an ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford launched and recovered its first fighter jet on Friday. This test, performed just six days after commissioning, was not only the new carrier's first launch and recovery but also ...