The Navy plans to install the EMALS on the USS Gerald R. Ford, a next-generation aircraft carrier scheduled to go into service in 2015. The progenitor of the expected Ford class of carriers, the ship will measure 1,080 feet long, 100 feet high, and 134 feet wide at the water line. The flight deck will be 250 feet across.
For more on the USS Gerald R. Ford, under construction in Newport News, Va., see "Making the world's most cutting-edge aircraft carrier."