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Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System

2020

US Navy Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Ready for Battle by 2020

She will be the first -- and only carrier -- to be commissioned under the presidency of Donald Trump.

Stupid Trump

Trump Rants against US Navy EMALS because He can’t Understand It; Wants Navy to Keep Using Steam Catapults

"And it's very complicated. You have to be Albert Einstein to figure it out.

EMALS

Indian Navy Gets US Go-ahead to Deploy EMALS and AAG on its New Supercarrier

EMALS launches carrier-based aircraft from an aircraft catapult using a linear motor drive instead of the conventional steam piston drive.

EMALS

Indian Navy Buying Three EMALS Catapults for Future Supercarriers, Including INS Vishal

The navy expects the Pentagon to approve the LoRs.

First nuclear powered carrier

Nuclear Powered INS Vishal, India’s First Supercarrier, will Deploy EMALS

The decision to use nuclear propulsion, however, will set back the Vishal's entry into IN service from the early 2020s to the early 2030s.

In the Navy

New US Navy Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Still Crippled by Problems

The delay is preventing the Gerald R. Ford from going to sea and beginning engineering trials.

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