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Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS)
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EMALS provides significant benefits over current launch systems:
- Reduced manning workload
- Reduced thermal signature
- Increased launch availability
- Reduced topside weight
- Reduced installed volume
- Launch capability for unmanned aerial vehicle
“There will be much less wear-and-tear and there is going to be huge cost-savings in the long-term with EMALS,” said Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Master Chief Eric Young, who will support the system’s flight deck certification aboard the USS Gerald Ford where training for the system is currently taking place. “This system doesn’t require the lube and hydraulic fluids that are necessary to run the legacy system. EMALS is much cleaner and easier as a whole. EMALS is less labor-intensive and more user-friendly. The whole system is plug-and-play. If there’s an error of any kind, we know where it is right away with the maintenance workstation.”
EMALS is currently being installed and undergoing numerous subsystem assessments on the path toward shipboard certification. The system is slated to make its debut in the fleet aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford, scheduled for delivery in 2016.
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World Defence News: First U.S. Navy Sailors Trained on Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS)
In late October, 16 Sailors from the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) became the first in the fleet officially trained to operate the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS).
The initial 10-day training was created for senior leadership either directly involved with launching operations or who perform supervisory duties from CVN 78’s V-2 who maintain the ship’s aircraft launch and recovery equipment.
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