Emals Completes First Full-Speed Shot On Ford Carrier

The U.S. Navy conducted the first-ever, shipboard, full-speed catapult shots using the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (Emals) aboard the aircraft carrier CVN 78 Gerald R. Ford earlier this month, Naval Sea Systems Command (Navsea) says. The recent test shots, known as “no-loads” because no...

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