Editing Electromagnetic catapult (section)

===United States===
[[General Atomics]] [[EMALS]] was designed for and into the {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|2}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=dti&id=news%2Fdti%2F2010%2F06%2F01%2FDT_06_01_2010_p42-228803.xml |title=Carrier Launch System Passes Initial Tests |access-date=11 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928220000/http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=%2Farticle-xml%2FDT_06_01_2010_p42-228803.xml |archive-date=28 September 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> A proposal to retrofit it into {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|0}} carriers was rejected. John Schank said: "The biggest problems facing the ''Nimitz'' class are the limited electrical power generation capability and the upgrade-driven increase in ship weight and erosion of the center-of-gravity margin needed to maintain ship stability."<ref>Schank, John. Modernizing the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Fleet: Accelerating CVN&nbsp;21 Production Versus Mid-Life Refueling. Santa Monica: Rand Corporation, 2005. p.&nbsp;76.</ref>