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EMALS having issues with launching F/A-18s carrying fuel tanks

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Acting Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Sean Stackley, told lawmakers that the next-generation Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) is having some issues launching F/A-18s that are loaded with fuel tanks.

US Navy 101218-N-0000X-002 An F-A-18E Super Hornet is launched during a test of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) at Naval Air Sys
By U.S. Navy photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

“In that process, with F-18s with fuel tanks attached, vibration was detected. And so now what they’re doing is going back through the software and adjusting the system to remove that vibration,” said Stackley.

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One thought on “EMALS having issues with launching F/A-18s carrying fuel tanks”

  1. ….so the Ford will only fly the F-35 and helicopters??

    🙂

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