Issues included the electromagnetic aircraft launch system, or EMALS, and the advanced weapons elevators. These systems now appear to work sufficiently. The carrier was able to complete a ...

you might still be wondering why aircraft carriers don't store jets on top of the carrier. Wouldn't they be easier to access rather than having to haul them up in an elevator through multiple ...

In remarks following the swearing-in of the new director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, Trump deviated unexpectedly into carrier catapults and elevators, among other topics. "Look at the ...