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Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN(RD&A)) James Geurts visited Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst Aug. 26 to see the land-based test sites for the Navy’s newest aircraft launch and recovery systems, Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG).
Designed for the Ford-class aircraft carriers, EMALS and AAG will increase operational availability while requiring a smaller footprint in the ship, less maintenance, and less manpower than traditional steam catapults and arresting gear.
The land-based test sites enable testing, troubleshooting and training for the systems.
The EMALS land-based System Functional Demonstration site has achieved more than 9,600 launch events to date.
Two land-based test sites house the AAG system. Approximately 1,600 aircraft arrestment test events have occurred with all type/model/series aircraft at the Runway Arrested Landing Site, and more than 2,600 aircraft representative sleds, known as dead-loads, have been arrested with AAG at the Jet Car Track Site.
| Date Taken: | 08.26.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 08.28.2020 08:40 |
| Photo ID: | 6331507 |
| VIRIN: | 200826-N-SR041-001 |
| Resolution: | 3541x3588 |
| Size: | 2.09 MB |
| Location: | JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY, US |
| Web Views: | 48 |
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