Type 076 LHD with EMALS Catapult Begins Sea Trials
China’s Type 076 LHD Sichuan, which incorporates an EMALS catapult and arresting gear for UCAVs, has begun its sea trials a year after its launch in late 2024.
EMALS News
Navy / Maritime
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
General Atomics to Design Navy’s Next-Gen Carrier CCA
GA-ASI has been tasked by the U.S. Navy to design a modular Collaborative Combat Aircraft (for carrier use, advancing the service’s unmanned air-wing plans.
Navy / Maritime
J-35 Becomes the First 5th Gen Fighter to Sortie with EMALS
J-35 has become the first fifth-generation fighter to take off from an EMALS-fitted carrier, with the sortie test from the new carrier Type 003 Fujian.
Navy / Maritime
China Tests J-15T CATOBAR Fighter from Type 003 Fujian
A Chinese documentary on the Type 003 Fujian aircraft carrier announced the launch test of the Shenyang J-15T naval fighter jet using the EMALS catapult.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Royal Navy Plans Vixen UAV as AEW&C Helicopter Replacement
The Royal Navy plans to replace its AW101 Crowsnest helicopters, which are configured for AEW&C missions, with the Vixen UAV for aircraft carriers in the 2030s.
Navy / Maritime
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
China Conducts Naval Exercise with Two Aircraft Carriers
Chinese media has published footage from a naval exercise where Shandong and Liaoning carriers' carrier strike groups joined.
Navy / Maritime
Air
F-35C Gets IOC with the Second Squadron
The second F-35C squadron of the U.S. Navy, VMFA-311, has declared Initial Operational Capability. Next will be SOC.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
FIA2024: General Atomics Displays EMALS for UAVs
General Atomics Electromagnetics is displaying its electromagnetic launch systems (EMALS) compatible with UAVs at FIA2024 organised in the U.K.
Navy / Maritime
Chinese Aircraft Carrier Fujian Goes for Sea Trials
China’s first aircraft carrier with EMALS catapult system, Type 003 Fujian, is likely to begin sea trials soon.
Navy / Maritime
Regional / Strategy
French Aircraft Carrier Goes Under NATO Command
France’s only aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle (R91), will come under NATO’s command for the first time.
Navy / Maritime
China to Build the Fourth Aircraft Carrier
China's PLA Navy political commissar Yuan Huazhi announced the development of the fourth aircraft carrier after Type 003 Fujian.
Navy / Maritime
Air
USN to Buy EMALS Catapults for Future Aircraft Carriers
The U.S. Navy will buy Electromagnetic Launch Systems (EMALS) for its upcoming Gerald R. Ford-class carriers and the French PANG carrier.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Chinese Type 003 Aircraft Carrier Starts Catapult Tests
Images of Type 003 (Also called Fujian) Aircraft Carrier conducting tests of its catapult have surfaced in Chinese social media.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Unmanned Systems
Selçuk Bayraktar Visited US Navy‘s Largest Aircraft Carrier
Chairman of Baykar Selçuk Bayraktar visited the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, upon the invitation of the U.S.
Navy / Maritime
Expo and Air Show
Marine Nationale to Enlarge Aircraft Carrier
France unveiled an updated PANG (Porte-Avions de Nouvelle Génération / Next Generation Aircraft Carrier) design at Euronaval 2022.
Navy / Maritime
Engine and Transmission
GA awarded EMALS Order for Future Aircraft Carrier PA-NG
French Navy’s works on its future aircraft carrier continue. US Company General Atomics (GA) is awarded an $8,837,078 order for EMALS.
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