Trump orders the Navy to return to an older system of launching jets off aircraft carriers0

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• August 14, 2026

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carrier and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers, according to a directive issued Thursday. The new mandate would likely cost billions of