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EMALS vs Steam: Comparing Aircraft Launch Systems at Sea

August 24, 2026 - by David Hutchins

Steam catapults have defined carrier aviation for decades, launching thousands of aircraft from the decks of U.S. Navy carriers. Then, the arrival of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) launched …

Naval Systems / Power Systems

Is This the End of Gearing?

June 24, 2015November 8, 2019 - by Forecast International

by Stuart Slade, Warships Analyst, Forecast International. Within a period of 20 years, dating from around 1960, when the first production gas turbine-powered ships entered service, to the early 1980s, …

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