USS Gerald R. Ford’s EMALS cleared for all aircraft
By Garrett Reim14 February 2020
The US Navy’s (USN) newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, has been cleared as operationally safe for launching and recovering all naval aircraft types using its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG).
The aircraft carrier, known also as CVN 78, completed at-sea compatibility testing with EMALS and AAG, demonstrating launch and recovery with the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, Northrop Grumman C-2A Greyhound, Boeing EA-18G Growler, and McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk on 31 January, General Atomics says on 11 February.
https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/uss-gerald-r-fords-emals-cleared-for-all-aircraft/136773.article
