Launching & recovery

The USV launch and recovery ‘missing link’

24th November 2025 | The Naval Architect - News

Military and paramilitary vessels have long used stern-based launch and recovery systems for manned vessels, but how do you launch and recover a USV, and enable multiple USVs deployed in ‘swarms’ to operate truly independently of manned vessels? These are some of the challenges Israel-based Sealartec and its founder Amitai Peleg set out to solve, […]

Topside testing initiated of second electromagnetic launcher for Ford-Class carriers

10th May 2024 | Naval & Patrol, Warship Technology - News

In February 2024, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) confirmed that its Newport News Shipbuilding division (NNS) had initiated topside testing of the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) on the US Navy’s aircraft carrier John F Kennedy (CVN 79). EMALS, first integrated into USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78), replaces the existing steam catapults currently in use on the US Navy’s Nimitz-class […]