--- title: "Trump orders US carriers to revert to steam catapults" description: "Most outlets reported that Trump is directing the US Navy to abandon advanced launch systems in favor of older steam catapults. Arab News Pakistan added that this decision comes as China and France advance with more modern EMALS technology, while 24 News HD emphasized the potential cost and strategic implications of reverting to older systems." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/3233-trump-orders-new-aircraft-carriers-to-revert-to-steam site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Trump orders US carriers to revert to steam catapults world · latest filing 14 Aug 2026, 9:26 PM PKT · 14 Aug 2026 · 4 articles from 4 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Trump is directing the US Navy to abandon advanced launch systems in favor of older steam catapults. Arab News Pakistan added that this decision comes as China and France advance with more modern EMALS technology, while 24 News HD emphasized the potential cost and strategic implications of reverting to older systems. ## Same story from 4 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Aaj News (English)** — [Trump allows Navy to build ships abroad, orders return to steam catapults on carriers](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330467883/trump-allows-navy-to-build-ships-abroad-orders-return-to-steam-catapults-on-carriers) · 14 Aug 2026, 9:26 PM PKT > US ​President Donald Trump has allowed the Navy to build ships overseas and ordered it to abandon a complex ‌system for launching jet fighters from its aircraft carriers and instead return to using steam catapults, the White House said on Thursday. Trump signed a national security memorandum directing the change, which would require the fourth vessel in the Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carr... - **24 News HD** — [Trump orders new aircraft carriers to revert to steam catapults](https://www.24newshd.tv/14-Aug-2026/trump-orders-new-aircraft-carriers-revert-steam-catapults) · 14 Aug 2026, 6:00 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > US President Donald Trump has directed future aircraft carriers to scrap their advanced systems for launching warplanes and return to using older but "proven" catapult technologies, a move that could dramatically drive up military costs. - **Dunya News** — [Trump allows Navy to build ships abroad, orders return to steam catapults on carriers](https://dunyanews.tv/en/World/967911-trump-allows-navy-to-build-ships-abroad-orders-return-to-steam-catapu) · 14 Aug 2026, 1:19 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > Trump orders the US Navy to revive steam catapults for future aircraft carriers and allows limited overseas shipbuilding, with changes expected to raise costs and affect the Doris Miller. - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Trump orders US carriers back to steam catapults as China, France move ahead with EMALS](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2654605/world) · 14 Aug 2026, 7:08 AM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is ordering the US Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carrier and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers, according to a directive issued Thursday. The new mandate would likely cost billions of dollars and revert the Navy’s most advanced ships to a system that takes mo... 4 articles from 4 outlets, 14 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.