Critics blast Navy’s ‘beauty pageant’ redesign of aircraft carriers because Trump likes how the old ones looked

A former strategist to the Navy secretary called the potential redesign ‘wasteful and abusive’

The U.S. Navy is weighing a major revamp of the design of its new class of aircraft carriers to better suit the desires expressed by President Trump as the White House continues to wade into the designs of naval warships. The Navy is performing an internal review where it is weighing the possibility of moving…

Iran war stretches US Navy as last aircraft carrier leaves Asia  Arab News

President Trump dismissed reports of worsening conditions and deteriorating mental health aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed longer than is typical.

Sailors on carriers like the USS Abraham Lincoln feel the strain as Navy deployments stretch longer  CNN

Trump Orders The Navy To Return To An Older System Of Launching Jets Off Aircraft Carriers  HuffPost

President Donald Trump is about to waste billions of dollars to put old-fashioned technology on aircraft carriers. Trump signed a memorandum Thursday directing the U.S. Navy to start installing old-fashioned steam catapults on its aircraft carriers, instead of electromagnetic launchers, U.S. officials told The Wall Str

The president is “a marginally failed real estate developer,” one senator said, who “shouldn’t be weighing in on systems on aircraft carriers.”

U.S. President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carrier and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers, according to a directive issued Thursday.

Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Donald Trump is ordering the Navy to stop using an electromagnetic catapult system to launch fighter jets from its aircraft carriers and return to the age of steam. The White House announced Thursday that the president had signed a national security memorandum to install steam catapults on the Ge

According to a directive issued Thursday, the new mandate would likely cost billions of dollars and revert the Navy’s most advanced ships to a system that takes more sailors to operate and is more difficult to maintain.

President has suggested steam catapults every year since 2017, saying digital systems are too ‘complicated’ After nearly a decade of loudly complaining about the fact that modern US aircraft carriers use electromagnetic systems to launch fighter jets instead of steam-powered catapults, Donald Trump has directed the Pen

The switch could cost billions and needs more sailors to operate, at a time when the Navy already has 20,000 unfilled fleet positions.

The design change is expected to cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

President Donald Trump is ordering the US Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carrier and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers, according to a new directive issued.

United States President Donald Trump has allowed the Navy to build ships overseas and ordered it to abandon a complex system for launching jet fighters from its aircraft carriers and instead return to using steam catapults, the White House said on Thursday (Aug 13).Trump signed a national security memorandum directing

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) on Thursday tore into President Donald Trump for reportedly signing a memorandum directing the Navy to switch fighter jet launch systems aboard aircraft carriers, a move that is likely to come with a hefty paycheck. Kelly made the comments in response to reporting by the Wall Street Journal that

Exclusive | Trump Orders Navy to Restore Older Tech on Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions  wsj.com

Trump orders the Navy to return to an older system of launching jets off aircraft carriers  AP News

President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carriers and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers

President Donald Trump ordered the US Navy to return to using steam catapults to launch planes off of aircraft carriers, acting on a long-time complaint despite opposition from many naval officers. In a presidential memorandum, Trump ordered US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to come up with a plan within 60 days on wha

President Donald Trump ordered the Navy to return to using steam catapults to launch planes off of aircraft carriers, acting on a longtime complaint despite opposition from many naval officers.

Trump orders Navy to abandon carrier launch system, return to steam catapults  Reuters