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Watch: Electromagnetic Catapult Tested on Navy’s Newest Carrier

General Atomics‘ electromagnetic catapult has been successfully installed on the USS Gerald R. Ford, replacing the steam catapults that were used to launch generations of Navy aircraft. The Navy released a video Monday showing tests of the catapult on the 1,106-foot-long, 110,000-ton warship. The San Diego-based company’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, or EMALS, will be […]