‘Very outdated’: Trump’s directive to revert to steam catapults on new aircraft carrier baffles naval experts

‘Very outdated’: Trump’s directive to revert to steam catapults on new aircraft carrier baffles naval experts  CNN

Trump's order comes months after the Navy said the Ford's new launch and landing systems helped it launch aircraft faster than Nimitz-class carriers. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mike Shen Trump is pushing a switch back to steam-powered catapults for a future Ford-class carrier. Trump has l

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) blasted President Trump on Thursday for ordering the U.S. Navy to revert to older catapult systems on its aircraft carriers, arguing the change would be costly while questioning Trump’s qualifications to make such a call. “He’s a marginally failed real estate developer with multiple bankruptci

US President Donald Trump has issued a controversial order to revert aircraft carrier technology to an old steam take-off method, a refit which will cost the US military billions of dollars

Trump is slapping “ad valorem” tariffs on drones and drone parts, citing the “national security threat” posed by such devices.

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

President Donald Trump has ordered the US Navy to remove the EMALS system for aircraft carriers and return to steam catapults, which he long said he prefers.

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

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

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