Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Slavicek | PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) | 02.14.2024
Newport News, V.A. (Feb. 14, 2024) – Lt. Cmdr. Katie Greiner discusses a checklist with an HII contractor in the Integrated Catapult Control System (ICCS) during the first “dead-load” testing of the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS). In this phase of testing, large, wheeled, car-like structures of graduated weights up to 80,000 pounds to simulate the weight of actual......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Slavicek | PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) | 02.14.2024
240212-N-DE539-1114 Newport News, V.A. (Feb. 14, 2024) – Sailors assigned to the Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) work alongside HII and Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) counterparts during the first “dead-load” testing of the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS). In this phase of testing, large, wheeled, car-like structures of graduated weights up to......
