Newport News Shipbuilding reached the catapult testing phase in construction of the John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier, the company announced Wednesday. Car-like structures, weighing up to 80,000 pounds ...

Videos and pictures emerged over the weekend showing a red-colored catapult test 'truck' on Fujian's deck. One clip, apparently taken by a passenger in a plane flying past overhead, looks to have ...

Aircraft Carrier History for Beijing – China’s Supercarrier Has Begun Catapult Testing – The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN’s) most advanced aircraft carrier has begun testing, and could soon ...

The Navy and shipbuilder HII have begun launching 80,000-pound car-like structures off the future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy to test the ship's catapult system. (HII) Topside testing of the ...

HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) unit has started testing of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) on aircraft carrier John F Kennedy (CVN 79), marking a major milestone for the ship ...