Team Starts Test Launches for Future Aircraft Carrier
February 27, 2024
February 27, 2024
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release:
U.S. Navy and industry partners worked together to launch the first deadloads from the flight deck of PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) on February 14.
The deadload testing yielded important performance data for the ship's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and marked the first of many test launches from the carrier as her Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipmen . . .
U.S. Navy and industry partners worked together to launch the first deadloads from the flight deck of PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) on February 14.
The deadload testing yielded important performance data for the ship's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and marked the first of many test launches from the carrier as her Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipmen . . .