Trump has expressed dissatisfaction with electromagnetic launch systems aboard carriers for years. His new directive embraces return to steam.

President Donald Trump has directed the US Navy to scrap the modern electromagnetic launch system on an upcoming aircraft carrier and instead revert to an older, steam-powered catapult method — ...

Trump has been critical of the technology as far back as his first term, claiming the newer systems lack the power of the ...

President Donald Trump said he would introduce an executive order to bring back steam power to the Navy. He made the comments on Monday during a speech to soldiers on the USS George Washington, a U.S.

President Donald Trump’s Aug. 13 executive order directing the U.S. Navy to return to steam power for its catapults, the ...