Electricity Assaults Last Bastion of Steam Power

The Navy is working on an electric catapult. From a story on Tactical World: "Newer, heavier and faster aircraft will result in launch energy requirements approaching the limits of the steam catapult system."


F-35 Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS)
Update February 2017 replaced missing video. 

Update February 2022 replaced missing video (Electromagnetic Catapult System for US NAVY aircraft carriers) with something similar but a little newer.