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ORAC
Not available when the assessment was done, nor when the QE was finally commissioned - and still not reliable….
A January 2021 DOT&E Report stated: "During the 3,975 catapult launches [...] EMALS demonstrated an achieved reliability of 181 mean cycles between operational mission failure (MCBOMF) [...] This reliability is well below the requirement of 4,166 MCBOMF."[31]
DOT&E reports are amalgamated from even older reports from the stakeholders, so
Jan 2021 is for sure OUT OF DATE. Best look at most recent DOT&E report. Even so there are many glowing recent/current USN news reports from senior USN personnel about the reliability of EMALS/AAG these days. Best to refer to them also.
Admiral on EMALS and AAG Programs: ‘It Works’ 04 Apr 2022
https://seapowermagazine.org/admiral...rams-it-works/
"A Navy admiral says that despite reports to the contrary, the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear systems aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) are working just fine. Rear Adm. Shane G. Gahagan, program executive officer for tactical aircraft programs (PEO-T) at Naval Air Systems Command, said Monday, April 4 at Sea-Air-Space that the system had achieved 8,500 “cats and traps” on the Ford over the past two years. The EMALS system has struggled with reliability issues over the years, but Gahagan insisted that it is performing well today. “It works,” Gahagan said. “I read in the press … that it doesn’t work. It works day in and day out with cats and traps, and now it’s like every other program: How are we going to sustain it for the fight we need?” He said the EMALS and AAG systems have a “lot of great capability” and that Sailors “love it.”"