EMALS is more efficient, smaller, lighter in weight, more powerful, and easier to control than are steam-powered catapults. The General Atomics EMALS shipset has thousands of pieces of hardware.
Construction on the USS Ford started in 2005, and the completed ship should join the Navy fleet in 2015, replacing the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, which has been in the fleet for half a century. For more information contact General Atomics online at www.ga.com.