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Ford EMALS Went Down During Testing At Sea

Monday, June 8th, 2020

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Ford EMALS Went Down During Testing At Sea

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) transits the Atlantic Ocean on June 4, 2020. The carrier was conducting integrated air wing operations during its 18-month Post-Delivery Test and Trials (PDT&T) period. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN-78) Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) catapult went down for five days during at-sea testing last week, the Navy revealed June 7. On June 2, the EMALS went down just before a scheduled flight deck operation cycle and was not ready again until June 7. The Navy said after several days of troubleshooting and assessing a fault in the system’s power handling elements, “embarked EMALS experts and Ford’s crew restored the system to enable the…

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