The Navy recently completed dead-load testing for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System that will be aboard its new class of supercarriers, according to a service official. Capt. Chris Meyer, Ford-class aircraft carrier program manager, said May 16 at the annual Sea-Air-Space exposition in National Harbor, MD, that the final dead-load test was conducted on the evening of May 15. The service completed 240 dead-load tests off the first-in-class Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). The Ford is anticipated to be delivered at...
