By Geoff Fein While General Atomics and the Navy continue to work to prove the ability to catapult aircraft from a carrier using electricity instead of steam, the company is also working to improve how aircraft land at sea, a service official said. And unlike GA's electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) effort, the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) is being designed to replace the Mark 7 system currently used on carriers, as well as to become part of the Gerald R.…
Navy Developing New Arresting Gear For All Aircraft Carriers
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