 SupersonicMax Army.ca Veteran Mentor Reaction score 000 Points 000 0 Nov 0000 #0,000 If carrier suitability is the issue, it could be a number of things. But, in developmental flight test, cat launches and arrestment scenarios are done before going to the boat, normally at Pax River. If I was a betting man, I'd say it is related to maintaining the tanks at sea. If it has to do with cable arrestments, cables on boats are much, much tighter than on any RCAF base. Limits on equipment are different for land-based vs carrier-based arrestments. 