Aircraft Launch System News Today

The US Navy's Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers are the most expensive warships ever built, with each unit costing $13 billion and the overall program exceeding $120 billion. These carriers are designed to replace the older Enterprise and Nimitz-class carriers, featuring numerous advanced technologies to enhance performance and reduce costs.

China's third aircraft carrier, Fujian, took to the seas last week for its maiden trials, a significant moment in its naval expansion to challenge the US global presence.

Reports have circulated online that a mockup of China's J-35 carrier-capable fighter aircraft was being employed in tests aboard the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) aircraft carrier Liaoning.

Discover the new pinnacle of naval power and innovation, the USS Gerald R. Ford—the lead ship for the Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carriers.

The Ford-class is one of the most expensive warships ever built and the largest ever to set sail. 

Gerald R Ford class is a fleet of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers being developed by the Newport News Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries for the US navy, under its CVN-21 Aircraft Carrier Program.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to continue development and evaluation of tailored configurations of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) as a potential Foreign Military Sale to the French Navy for their next generation aircraft carrier, Porte-Avions Nouvelle Génération (PA NG).