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  • initialism military, aviation Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System

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  • The system, known as EMALS, is way more efficient than the steam-powered catapults currently in use.

    Wired Top Stories Spencer Ackerman 2011

  • The EMALS will be a key element on the next-generation carrier U.S.S.

    FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2010

  • By controlling the amount of energy pumped into the system, EMALS can launch anything from a fighter jet to a small drone.

    Wired Top Stories Spencer Ackerman 2011

  • The so-called Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, or EMALS, is now under development in

    Latest Articles Theregister.co.uk 2010

  • General Atomics is behind schedule with the EMALS equipment thus far, and it's almost too late to switch the Gerald R. Ford to steam if the technology isn't ready.

    Latest Articles 2010

  • Right here, right now, fully developed and proven design and the huge cost savings would easily pay for cats n traps on the carriers - EMALS no less.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Right here, right now, fully developed and proven design and the huge cost savings would easily pay for cats n traps on the carriers - EMALS no less.defensenews. com/story ....

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • After Northrop said retrofitting for steam would result in a 15 - to 18-month delay in the Ford's delivery and cost hundreds of millions of dollars, the Navy opted to continue with EMALS and accept the risk.

    The Shad Plank 2010

  • Right here, right now, fully developed and proven design and the huge cost savings would easily pay for cats n traps on the carriers - EMALS no less.defensenews. com/story ....

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • The other large chunk of the cost increase - $1.3 billion - is for the carrier's controversial new electromagnetic aircraft launching system, called EMALS.

    The Shad Plank 2010

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