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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Navy to correct delayed aircraft launch system
The new Electronic Aircraft Launch System under development for the U.S. Navy took a “pause” to correct problems that appeared after the first test launch in December, a top Navy official said March 9.
The Navy conducted its first test launch of the system using a real aircraft, rather than a test load, on Dec. 21 at its catapult testing facility in Lakehurst, N.J. But no further flights have been made since the successful launch of an F/A-18E Super Hornet.
The problem, said Sean Stackley, the Navy’s top acquisition official, was a “gap” between the motors as the system worked to accelerate the aircraft to launch speed.
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