Flight deck of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, showing catapult layoutCatapult launches aboard USS Ronald Reagan
CATOBAR ("Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery"[1] or "Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery"[2]) is a system used for the launch and recovery of aircraft from the deck of an aircraft carrier. Under this technique, aircraft launch using a catapult-assisted take-off and land on the ship (the recovery phase) using arrestor wires.
Although this system is costlier than alternative methods, it provides greater flexibility in carrier operations, since it imposes less onerous design elements on fixed wing aircraft than alternative methods of launch and recovery such as STOVL or STOBAR, allowing for a greater payload for more ordnance and/or fuel. CATOBAR can launch aircraft that lack a high thrust to weight ratio, including heavier non-fighter aircraft such as the E-2 Hawkeye and Grumman C-2 Greyhound.[3][4][5]
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CATOBAR ("Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery" or "Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery") is a system used for the launch...
(STOVL) with "catapult-assisted take-off, barrier-arrested recovery" (CATOBAR). Aircraft launch under their own power using a ski-jump to assist take-off...
barrier-arrested recovery (CATOBAR): these carriers generally carry the largest, heaviest, and most heavily armed aircraft, although smaller CATOBAR carriers may have...
aircraft carriers. The carrier fleet currently comprises the (CATOBAR) Nimitz-class and (CATOBAR/ EMALS) Gerald R. Ford-class supercarriers. These carriers...
Compared to the similarly sized Type 075, the Type 076 is expected to have a CATOBAR system of electromagnetic catapult and arresting gears for operating light...
size and displacement. An Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) CATOBAR system is also under consideration. Its name Vishal means 'grand' in Sanskrit...
configuration for its new carriers, the design could also be reconfigured to a CATOBAR configuration for French requirements. The French variant would have most...
Harrier and the F-35B Lightning II). Some future designs might even support CATOBAR operations for light aircraft and UCAVs via aircraft catapults and arresting...
requirements, typically between 2,000 feet (610 m) to 3,500 feet (1,100 m). CATOBAR (catapult assisted takeoff but arrested recovery) is a system used for...
designed carrier, and its first capable of catapult-assisted take-offs (CATOBAR); previous Chinese carriers used ski-jumps (STOBAR). Fujian was built by...
essential component of naval aviation, and it is most commonly used on CATOBAR and STOBAR aircraft carriers. Similar systems are also found at land-based...
be modified for Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR) operations. As an interim measure, Navy will procure Rafale M or Boeing...
Fighter 2006 Production 1000+ A-variant CTOL, B-variant V/STOL, C-variant CATOBAR Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel US UAV Production 20-30 Lockheed Martin...
not necessary on Catapult-assisted take-off barrier-arrested recovery (CATOBAR) carriers. With an SRVL manoeuvre, a V/STOL aircraft can make a rolling...
carriers, i.e., the United States Navy and the French Navy, are still using a CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery) configuration. U.S....
Navy has shown an interest in installing the EMALS system for its planned CATOBAR INS Vishal aircraft carrier. The Indian government has shown interest in...
(STOVL) fighter, and a Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR) fighter, each of which has a different unit price and slightly varying...
groups. Only two nations, the United States and France, presently operate CATOBAR carriers of any size, while Russia, China and India operate sizeable STOBAR...
M Similar to Rafale C, but with modifications to allow operations from CATOBAR – equipped aircraft carriers. For carrier operations, the M model has a...
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