Aircraft carriers are impressive military machines capable of launching aircraft off an incredibly short runway. This isn't done merely by utilizing a fighter jet's speed. Instead, it's accomplished ...

The US Navy is full of time-honored traditions. A personal one for naval aviators is known as a "boot shoot." Catapult officers, known as shooters, launch their boots off a flight deck in a final ...

Aircraft carriers are technological marvels. They're like small floating cities that can serve as a command center while hosting an entire fleet of aircraft. Carriers are essential when conducting ...

Not all aircraft carriers launch planes the same way. Some use steam or electromagnetic catapults to "fling" aircraft into the air. Others use a ski jump: a simple upward-curved ramp that lets jets ...

It was well past time for the US Navy to replace its aging steam catapults with electromagnetic ones—but the new EMALS system has seen significant challenges of its own. The EMALS, or Electromagnetic ...