U.S. Navy Considers EM Launcher For Arrestment, Ejection Testing

The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division is considering using electromagnetic rails or other technologies to replace or augment legacy thrusting systems — Pratt & Whitney J-57 jet engines and 5-in.-diameter Zuni rockets — at two test sites. “Current supplies of jet engines at [the jet car...

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