White House memo, fact sheet on Navy shipbuilding

Trump orders Navy to return to steam catapults on aircraft carriers

President Trump ordered the Navy to remove the electromagnetic catapult system on aircraft carriers used to launch fighter planes and revert back to using steam catapult systems, a move that offici…

U.S President Trump Orders Pentagon To Consider Foreign-Built Warships & Steam Catapults

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a memorandum asking the Pentagon to expand naval shipbuilding by acquiring foreign-built warships and auxiliary vessels.

White House memo, fact sheet on Navy shipbuilding

Thursday, August 13, 2026On Aug. 13, 2026 President Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum directing the defense secretary to replace the Advanced Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems and the Advanced Weapons Elevators with traditional steam and hydraulic systems during the construction of CVN-81, among other shipbuilding reforms. Also includes a related fact sheet. Featured: Related Documents Tags: CVN 78 ClassShipyards

White House Demands Steam, Hydraulics for Future Carrier - Seapower Magazine

U.S. Navy Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) sits moored at the Newport News Shipyard pier in the James River, prior to a turn-ship evolution, August 1, 2026. John F. Kennedy is the second Ford-class aircraft carrier and is under construction at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division in Newport News, Virginia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jayden Howard.) The White House announced Aug. 13 that President …

White House Directs DOW to Expand Shipbuilding Investment

President Trump has signed a memo directing DOW to pursue investment in the shipbuilding industrial base and establish a new shipyard. The post White House Directs DOW to Expand Investment in Shipbuilding Industrial Base first appeared on Executive Gov.