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Thursday, February 07, 2008

Navy Constructs Electromagnetic Jet-Launch Facility

One of the most advanced systems for launch an aircraft from a ship is nearing completion, and it's located inland at the Naval Air Engineering Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey. The system is a new electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) for the U.S. Navy.

EMALS overcomes many drawbacks of the steam catapult systems in service on today's aircraft carriers, which are large, heavy, energy-inefficient, manpower-intensive and require steam production from a carrier's engineering plant.

EMALS, which uses magnetic pulses to launch planes, provides better performance, requires less manpower and costs less to maintain than steam catapults. EMALS is capable of launching all conventional and short takeoff fixed-wing carrier aircraft, including the Joint Strike Fighter.

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