A NEW phase of aircraft compatibility testing has begun on the US Navy's Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG). It will continue launch and recovery flight envelope testing for aircraft that will eventually operate from the new Gerald R Ford-class supercarriers. This is expected to include the E-2C/E-2D variants of the Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft, EA-18G Growler electronic attack platform and T-45C Goshawk. By December, navy Super Hornets had already flown hundreds of sorties from the flight deck of the USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78), which is itself in trials. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is conducting the AAG tests at the Runway Arrested Landing Site (RALS), Naval Air Weapons Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, in preparation for sea trials.
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机译：美国海军的高级逮捕装置（AAG）已开始飞机兼容性测试的新阶段。它将继续对飞机进行发射和恢复飞行包线测试，最终将在新型Gerald R Ford级超级航母上运行。预计这将包括鹰眼机载预警飞机的E-2C / E-2D变体，EA-18G咆哮者电子攻击平台和T-45C苍鹰。到12月，海军超级大黄蜂已经从杰拉尔德·R·福特（CVN 78）的飞行甲板上起飞了数百架次，该飞机本身正在进行试验。海军航空系统司令部（NAVAIR）正在新泽西州莱克赫斯特海军航空武器站的跑道逮捕着陆点（RALS）进行AAG测试，以准备进行海上试验。
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