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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China showed its newest aircraft carrier launching military aircraft with an electromagnetic catapult system. Among the aircraft ...

The electromagnetic catapult system boosts the carrier's combat performance by increasing the sortie efficiency of ...

The People's Liberation Army Navy's latest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, appears to have entered a new phase of testing after a passenger plane captured a rare trial of the Chinese warship's catapult ...

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 ...

A J-35 stealth fighter jet takes off from China's first electromagnetic catapult-equipped aircraft carrier, the Fujian (Hull 18). Three types of aircraft recently completed their inaugural ...

A recent official Chinese media program provided a detailed up-close look at the electromagnetic aircraft launch system on the newly commissioned aircraft carrier Fujian, showing its high burst power.

EMALS launchers use linear induction motors to generate a strong electromagnetic field that can accelerate aircraft along the flight deck. This system replaces the steam pressure system found on ...

Aircraft carriers could always use a little more room to make take off easier. The Navy has been helping itself with steam powered catapults for a while but the USS Ford has just installed an ...

How does an airplane lift off the ground? How does an airplane lift off the ground? Learn how planes use lift and thrust to fly, then make your own paper airplane catapult. How does an airplane lift ...