Launch & Trap Teams Honored

A few of the team members representing the Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment - program's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, F-35C Joint Strike Fighter Jet Blast Deflector and Compact Swaging Machine teams who received 2011 Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Commander's and Innovation awards, which were distributed on Dec. 7. (U.S. Navy photo)

Three Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment programs received NAWCAD Commander’s awards.

Magnapult Launches a Hawkeye

E-2D Advanced Hawkeye photo courtesy of US Navy.

Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System successfully scoots an E-2D.

Magnapult Heads Out to Future Carrier for Installation

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Naval Air Systems Command’s Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment program delivered the first set of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System components to the future Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier this month.