240214-N-GT999-1005 Newport News, (Feb. 14, 2024) – A “dead-load” sled is stationed on a forward catapult during a test of the new electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) aboard the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). In this phase of testing, large, wheeled, car-like structures of graduated weights up to 80,000 pounds to simulate the weight of actual aircraft are launched off the carrier’s bow into the James River. John F. Kennedy is the second Ford-class aircraft carrier and is under construction at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) divisio
240214-N-GT999-1005 Newport News, (Feb. 14, 2024) – A “dead-load” sled is stationed on a forward catapult during a test of the new electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) aboard the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). In this phase of testing, large, wheeled, car-like structures of graduated weights up to 80,000 pounds to simulate the weight of actual aircraft are launched off the carrier’s bow into the James River. John F. Kennedy is the second Ford-class aircraft carrier and is under construction at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division in Newport News, Virginia. Navy photo taken by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Slavicek)
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