{"id":6826,"date":"2026-07-28T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/okdiario.com\/techy\/en\/?p=6826"},"modified":"2026-07-27T21:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:16:10","slug":"beijing-took-the-worlds-most-advanced-aircraft-carrier-launch-tech-and-put-it-on-trucks-what-china-is-really-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/okdiario.com\/techy\/en\/beijing-took-the-worlds-most-advanced-aircraft-carrier-launch-tech-and-put-it-on-trucks-what-china-is-really-testing\/6826\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing took the world’s most advanced aircraft carrier launch tech and put it on trucks: what China is really testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

China has publicly demonstrated a fixed-wing drone launching from an electromagnetic track assembled from three eight-wheeled trucks. The footage provides the first public evidence of a land-based launch, turning technology normally associated with giant carrier decks<\/a> into a mobile system that can arrive as a convoy and build its own short launch lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bigger story is not just the catapult. Beijing Institute of Technology linked it to a wider family of containerized military modules, although the much-repeated target of 2,000 units applies to that broader family rather than 2,000 electromagnetic launchers alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A runway built from trucks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The video shows three flat-topped vehicles traveling separately, lining up, and connecting through mechanical couplings. Once joined, they form a continuous rail that accelerates a propeller-driven drone until it can climb away without completing a conventional runway takeoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The linked trucks can also turn together in a tight circle using all-wheel steering. In practical terms, that lets operators point the launcher into the wind, much like someone shifting a patio umbrella before a gust, while covers on top appear intended to protect the equipment during transit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the electric catapult works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Think of the system as an extremely powerful electric slingshot. Instead of relying on steam pressure, electromagnetic force pulls a launch shuttle along a rail, with computer controls shaping the acceleration for the aircraft attached to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Navy says its carrier-based EMALS<\/a> uses stored kinetic energy and solid-state electrical power conversion, allowing “a high degree of computer control, monitoring and automation.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is designed to handle aircraft ranging from lightweight unmanned platforms to heavy strike fighters, with smoother acceleration and more precise end-speed control than older steam catapults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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China has demonstrated a land-based electromagnetic drone launcher assembled from multi-wheeled transport vehicles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The United States operates the technology aboard USS Gerald R. Ford<\/a>, while China commissioned the carrier Fujian with electromagnetic catapults in November 2025. The truck system uses the same broad launch principle, but the public demonstration does not show anything close to a carrier fighter taking off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Beijing actually revealed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The deleted June 30 post from a Beijing Institute of Technology school account described a modular equipment family involving more than 70 organizations. The list included electromagnetic launch equipment, drones, missile systems, radar, electronic warfare, command and control, and underwater systems intended for land and maritime platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The developers presented the concept as “plug and play” equipment and set an annual target of 2,000 modules across the family. The post did not announce a People\u2019s Liberation Army order, a current production rate, or fielding with an operational unit. A target is not the same as a contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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