AIR & SPACE MAGAZINE You’ve Got EMALS The EMALS systems gets off the ground, literally Tony Reichhardt December 30, 2010 Navy Tests Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) Watch on We told you all about electromagnetic catapults in this story from January 2007. Now the first airplane has been launched with an EMALS system: an F/A-18E Super Hornet, at a Navy test site in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday. Tony Reichhardt | READ MORE Tony Reichhardt is a senior editor at Air & Space.