(MC3 Tatyana Freeman/U.S. Navy) WASHINGTON — The advanced arresting gear being installed on the U.S. Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carrier simulated the high operations tempo in October expected ...

which pulls against the aircraft's thrust until the aircraft comes to a rest. According to Naval Aviation News, the arresting gear aboard naval vessels has been responsible for the safe landing of ...

These include the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear equipment delivered by General Atomics for the U.S. Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers, and the U.K.’s own ...

The new class of Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carriers, with its software-driven Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), will put so much less stress ...

USS Carl Vinson was ready to launch and receive aircraft within 45 minutes of an F-35 crash-landing. The crash, which injured seven, ripped out all four arresting gear wires for recovering aircraft.

15. The movable arresting gear is a system of cables and shock absorbers, which can be set up on a runway to help aircraft safely stop in case of an emergency or if the runway is too short for a ...

The USS Gerald R Ford scored a double first less than a week after commissioning, as the nuclear-powered supercarrier launched and recovered a fighter plane for the first time using an ...