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HII Starts Topside EMALS Tests On Next Carrier Amid Remaining Issues On Ford

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HII Starts Topside EMALS Tests On Next Carrier Amid Remaining Issues On Ford
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division starts topside testing of the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) on aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) in February 2024. (Photo: Ashley Cowan/HII).

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division [HII] said it recently started topside testing of the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) on the next Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79). The company started dead-load testing on catapults one and two by using large-wheeled car-like structures weighing up to 80,000 pounds to simulate the weight of carrier aircraft. The structures are launched off the carrier’s bow into the James River. This step began after NNS previously started with…

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