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    The USS Gerald R. Ford departs from Souda Naval Base near Chania on the island of Crete, Greece, on February 26, 2026. Photo: VCGUS President Donald Trump's reported push to reshape the US Navy's next-generation aircraft carriers - from moving the island to abandoning electromagnetic catapults in favor of steam-powered systems - could impose heavy engineering, financial and schedule costs, Chinese military affairs experts said, warning of a widening gap between political preferences and the realities of building some of the world's most complex warships.
The Washington Post reported on Saturday that the US Navy is considering a major redesign of its new Ford-class aircraft carriers to better match Trump's preferred aesthetic, with the president favoring ships that more closely resemble US carriers from the World War II era. One option under study would move the carrier's island farther forward, toward the middle of the ship.
US officials cited by the report warned that such a change could require billions of dollars in redesign costs and cause substantial delays. 
The potential island redesign comes only days after Trump ordered another far-reaching change to the Ford-class program. On Thursday, he signed a national security memorandum directing the Pentagon and Navy to develop a plan within 60 days to replace the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) with steam catapults and the Ford-class carriers' Advanced Weapons Elevators with hydraulic systems, beginning with the future USS Doris Miller, or CVN-81, USNI News reported. 
Trump has repeatedly criticized EMALS as "too complex" and "not as effective as steam catapults," according to Reuters. 
But the order would reverse a technology path the US Navy has pursued for more than a decade. When the Navy selected EMALS in 2009, it said the system would lower overall lifecycle costs, require less maintenance than steam catapults and place less physical stress on carrier-based aircraft, per Reuters.
As of March 2026, the USS Gerald R. Ford had conducted 36,863 EMALS launches, according to Pentagon documents cited by Reuters. 
General Atomics, the manufacturer of EMALS, has warned against changing course on the Doris Miller, saying nearly 50 percent of production related to the system has already been completed and that a switch now would create significant cost, schedule and integration risks, according to Reuters. 
Zhang Junshe, a Chinese military affairs expert, told the Global Times on Sunday that the Ford-class carrier's aft-positioned island is not merely an aesthetic choice, but is closely tied to flight-deck efficiency and landing safety. "Moving the island farther aft creates more space around the catapults for aircraft parking and handling, helping shorten launch preparation time, while also reducing airflow disturbance during aircraft recovery," he said. 
Relocating the island forward would not be a simple cosmetic adjustment, but a major redesign affecting weight distribution, buoyancy, flight-deck layout and aerodynamics, with significant implications for both cost and schedule, Zhang noted.
Song Zhongping, another Chinese military affairs expert, told the Global Times that Trump's demand is one thing, but turning it into an actual warship design is another.
"The first four Ford-class carriers have either entered service or are already in different stages of construction, leaving very little room for fundamental changes to their overall designs," Song said. Even the fifth and sixth ships - the future USS William J. Clinton, CVN-82, and USS George W. Bush, CVN-83 - would face considerable cost and engineering consequences if the Navy attempts to overturn their established technological architecture, he said.
The US Navy officially announced the names of CVN-82 and CVN-83 in January 2025, per the US Navy official website. 
"There is an obvious gap between US President's political will and the engineering realities of aircraft-carrier construction," Song said.
Such proposed changes come as Ford-class construction timelines have already grown considerably compared with those of the preceding Nimitz class. The US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said in April that Nimitz-class carriers typically took seven to eight years to build, while Ford-class ships are currently taking roughly 10 to 11 years. In a separate assessment released this month, the CBO estimated that future Ford-class carriers under the Navy's 2027 shipbuilding plan could cost about $22 billion apiece. 
"Electromagnetic launch represents an advanced direction in aircraft-carrier catapult technology and has far greater development potential than traditional steam catapults," Song said. "If the US gives up electromagnetic catapults and returns to steam catapults, that would be a technological regression and a step backward."
Echoing Song, Zhang said electromagnetic catapults offer more precise control of launch energy and broader compatibility with different types of carrier-based aircraft, while requiring less shipboard space than steam systems with their extensive high-pressure piping.
"Replacing EMALS with steam catapults on a Ford-class carrier already designed around electromagnetic launch would not only represent a technological step backward, but could also turn an attempt to reduce risk into a new source of engineering and system-integration risk," Zhang said.
。    近日，新加坡总理黄循财在国庆群众大会上宣布，政府将取消现行的小学高才教育计划（GEP），并计划自2027年起实施全新的教育模式。

二 | 教育部长陈振声在解释这一新模式时指出，约10%的学生将受益于这一新政策，换算下来，每年约有3000多名小学生将在原校接受高才教育，而无需转校。这一人数约占全国每年3万多名小学生的10%。在新模式下，现行的GEP第二阶段测试将被取消，仅保留第一阶段的选拔测试。之后，教师将通过对学生各方面表现的观察，从小四到小六期间挑选出在特定领域表现突出的学生。

三 | 这些被选中的学生将能够留在原校，继续接受针对其特长的高才教育。明年将是最后一届小三学生参加GEP选拔考试。

四 | 自明年起，所有小学生将不再被分流，统一接受相同的基础教育。这一政策的宣布在社会各界，尤其是家长群体中，引发了广泛讨论。许多人对新加坡是否会彻底放弃精英教育模式表示质疑和担忧。针对这一政策变化，多位专家进行了深入解读和分析。

五 | 专家们认为，这一转变可能预示着教育模式的多元化发展，未来的高才教育将更加注重学生的全面发展，而不仅仅是学术上的精英培养。随着新政策的实施，能力较强的学生将不再被转至GEP学校就读。这些学校将与其他所有小学一样，继续通过校内增益课程为能力较强的学生提供支持。

六 | 此外，适合的学生还可以参加课后的增益课程，从而在课外时间获得额外的学习机会。教育部将充分利用九所高才教育课程学校的专业知识和经验，在新方法下培养这些能力较强的学生。具体的学校名单将稍后公布。

七 | 教育部将根据地理位置等因素选择这些学校，以确保全国学生的需求都能得到满足。值得注意的是，提供这类课后增益课程的学校数量可能会超过目前提供GEP计划的小学数目。课后增益课程的设计初衷是补充常规课程，而不是替代它们。这些课程旨在进一步培养学生的优势领域和兴趣所在。由于学生在上课时间内需与同学们一起学习常规课程，因此增益课程将在放学后举行，以最大限度地利用课余时间为学生提供额外的学习机会。在新的评估体系中，没有明确的比重规定。教育部和学校将根据多方面的信息，全面评估学生是否适合参加校内或课后的增益课程。这种综合评估方法确保了每个学生都能获得最适合他们发展的机会。虽然增益课程的训练力度会稍微减少，但能力较强的学生仍然能够通过校内增益课程获得充分的学习激发，并在多方面得到发展。

八 | 课后增益课程也具备一定难度，主要着重于培养学生的好奇心和创造力，与常规的学术课程有显著的不同。同时，学习项目的训练强度将在中学阶段逐步提高，届时学生将有更多机会深入钻研特定领域。

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