Euronaval: General Atomics EMALS milestones and France's future Aircraft Carrier PANG

During Euronaval Online 2020, Naval News interviewed Scott Forney, President of General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems. We discussed milestones with the EMALS program, reliability and France's future aircraft carrier program known as PANG.
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Talking about the program milestones, Scott Forney explained that EMALS and AAG went through the aircraft compatibility testing with the successful launch and recovery of 5 types of aircraft:

Goshawk
Gowler
C-2 Greyhound
Hawkeye
Super Hornet

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) with EMALS and AAG was able to launch and recover 167 aircraft launches and arrestments successfully in a single day, with a 100% safety record.

The aircraft carrier just completed independent steaming exercise 12 as part of the post delivery tests and trials period. This is used to shakedown the crew, the ship and the systems. As of today 4,491 catapult launches and landing arrestments using EMALS and AAG systems has been successfully and safely achieved aboard CVN 78.

Talking about France's future aircraft carrier program known as PANG, Forney said this could be a very exciting opportunity for the United States Navy and for the French and for General Atomics.

EMALS and AAG would allow interoperability between the French Navy and the U.S. Navy's Nimitz-class and Gerald Ford-class.

Commenting on the artist impression showing a next generation aircraft carrier (fitted with three EMALS) launching a Rafale M fighter, GA-EMS's president said it was just a rendering showing a successful launch of a French aircraft.

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