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2. Aircraft catapult - Wikipedia

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   The United States Navy is developing the use of a linear motor-based electromagnetic catapult system called the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) with the construction of the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers, and a similar system has also been developed for the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's Type 003 aircraft carrier.

3. Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System - Wikipedia

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   The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) is a type of electromagnetic catapult system developed by General Atomics for the United States Navy. The system launches carrier-based aircraft by means of a catapult employing a linear induction motor rather than the conventional steam piston , providing greater precision and faster recharge ...

4. List of active United States naval aircraft - Wikipedia

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   The list of United States naval aircraft contains types currently used by the United States Navy.For a complete list of naval aircraft designated under pre-1962 United States Navy designation systems, see List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962); for aircraft without formal designations, see List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States.

5. Electromagnetic catapult - Wikipedia

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   An electromagnetic catapult, also called EMALS ("electromagnetic aircraft launch system") after the specific US system, is a type of aircraft launching system. Currently, only the United States and China have successfully developed it, and it is installed on the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers and the Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian.

6. Navy tests new aircraft carrier catapult - AOL

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   The Navy has been helping itself with steam powered catapults for a while but the USS Ford has just installed an electromagnetic catapult and they want to make sure. Aircraft carriers could always ...

7. Douglas A-3 Skywarrior - Wikipedia

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   The Skywarrior is one of only three U.S. Navy attack aircraft to enter service in the strategic bomber role. The first was its predecessor, the North American AJ Savage . Its successor, the supersonic North American A-5 Vigilante initially supplanted the A-3 in the strategic bomber role (1961-1963) but was then converted to the tactical strike ...