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Future USS John F. Kennedy kicks off topside catapult testing
Car-like carriages weighing up to 80,000 pounds are being launched off the carrier to test its jet catapult system.
By Diana Stancy
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EMALS technology on Ford carriers will help the US Navy accomplish its mission
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems on all four planned Ford-class carriers just makes sense, now and in 2071.
By Vice Adm. Lewis W. Crenshaw Jr. (ret.)
SECNAV, lawmaker trade barbs on Ford flattop woes
Billed as the first of a new generation of floating American airfields, the carrier was slated for delivery in 2015, but was not turned over to the Navy and christened until 2017.
The Navy’s new plan to fix Ford’s elevator failures
With only two of Ford’s 11 elevators operating — and no firm schedule for delivering the remaining nine — the Navy brought a “team of experts” from both the government and private industry on board the Ford to fix the snafus, according to a top Pentagon official.
By Mark D. Faram