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Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
Construction of the French Navy's new-generation aircraft carrier (PANG) expected to begin around this time.
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| April 10 2023 |
Helicopter carrier
Turkey commissioned a new Landing Helicopter Dock vessel
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| 2022 |
USS Lexington
An expedition was proposed to recover several historic aircraft from the Lexington wreck site, specifically targeting seven TBD Devastators and one F4F Wildcat, which were found to be in a good state of preservation.
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| October 1 2022 |
Helicopter carrier
China commissioned the Anhui, a Type 075 (Yushen class) Landing Helicopter Dock vessel with VTOL capabilities
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| October 1 2022 |
Helicopter carrier
China launched the Anhui, a Type 075 (Yushen class) Landing Helicopter Dock vessel
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| June 2022 |
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
A GAO report indicated the Navy continues to struggle with EMALS reliability and does not expect to meet reliability goals until the 2030's.
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| June 25 2022 |
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
EMALS achieved a major milestone of 10,000 successful catapult launches and arrested landings aboard USS Gerald R. Ford.
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| April 2022 |
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
Rear Adm. Shane G. Gahagan at Naval Air Systems Command stated that the system is working fine and has achieved 8,500 'cats and traps' on the USS Gerald R. Ford over the past two years.
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| December 26 2021 |
Helicopter carrier
China commissioned the Guangxi, a Type 075 (Yushen class) Landing Helicopter Dock vessel with VTOL capabilities
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| December 26 2021 |
Helicopter carrier
China launched the Guangxi, a Type 075 (Yushen class) Landing Helicopter Dock vessel
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| June 28 2021 |
Helicopter carrier
South Korea commissioned a new Landing Platform Helicopter vessel
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| April 2021 |
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
The US Navy reported that 8,000 launch/recovery cycles had been completed with the EMALS and AAG arrestor system aboard USS Gerald R. Ford, with 351 pilots having completed training on the system during the prior 18 months.
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| April 23 2021 |
Helicopter carrier
China commissioned the Hainan, a Type 075 (Yushen class) Landing Helicopter Dock vessel with VTOL capabilities
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| April 23 2021 |
Helicopter carrier
China launched the Hainan, a Type 075 (Yushen class) Landing Helicopter Dock vessel
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| January 2021 |
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
A DOT&E Report revealed that during 3,975 catapult launches, EMALS demonstrated a reliability of 181 mean cycles between operational mission failure, which is significantly below the required 4,166 MCBOMF.
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| 2019 |
HMS Ark Royal
Second Queen Elizabeth-class carrier was commissioned, with the UK government ultimately returning to the original V/STOL aircraft configuration after failed attempts to modify for conventional aircraft.
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| 2018 |
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
A Pentagon report critically emphasized that EMALS' reliability is poor, with an average of critical failures nine times higher than the Navy's threshold requirements.
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| March 2018 |
Helicopter carrier
Royal Navy officially decommissioned its helicopter carrier.
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| March 2018 |
Helicopter carrier
United Kingdom decommissioned HMS Ocean helicopter carrier
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| March 4 2018 |
USS Lexington
USS Lexington wreck was located by a research vessel funded by philanthropist Paul Allen. A remotely operated underwater vehicle confirmed the ship's identity by identifying its nameplate on the stern, revealing its final resting place east of Queensland at significant ocean depth.
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| February 2018 |
Helicopter carrier
United Kingdom sold ex-HMS Ocean to Brazil, renamed Atlântico
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| July 28 2017 |
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
Lt. Cmdr. Jamie 'Coach' Struck of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23) performed the first EMALS catapult launch from USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) in an F/A-18F Super Hornet, marking a significant milestone in the system's development and deployment.
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| May 2017 |
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
President Donald Trump publicly criticized EMALS during a Time interview, claiming it costs hundreds of millions more than traditional steam catapults and is ineffective.
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| March 2015 |
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
A report highlighted that the failure rate for Mean Cycles Between Critical Failure was five times higher than expected, with over 3,017 launches conducted at the Lakehurst test site.
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| 2013 |
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
At the Lakehurst, New Jersey test site, 201 of 1,967 test launches failed, revealing a 10% failure rate for the EMALS test series.
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| May 2012 |
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
UK Government reversed its previous decision due to projected costs doubling and delayed delivery, cancelling the F-35C option and reverting to the original STOVL F-35B plan.
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| December 2011 |
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
A contract was signed with General Atomics of San Diego to develop the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for the Queen Elizabeth-class carriers.
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| 2010 |
Helicopter carrier
French Navy decommissioned a helicopter carrier.
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| October 2010 |
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
UK Government announced plans to purchase the F-35C, intending to use a yet-to-be-determined CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery) system.
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