GA-Tupelo part of $19.6M pact

General Atomics’ Electromagnetics Systems Group of San Diego is awarded $19,682,252 for firm-fixed-price delivery order N0001919F2406 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-16-G-0006). This order provides for the manufacture, assembly, inspection, integration, test and delivery of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) spare parts in support of the CVN-78 prior to the Advanced Arresting Gear and EMALS material support dates. Work will be performed in San Diego (37%); Boston (18%); Tupelo, Miss. (10.7%); Aston, Pa. (5.8%); Guilford, Conn. (4.4%); San Leandro, Calif. (3.5%); Cincinnati, Ohio (2.6%); Randolph, N.J. (2.4%); Mankato, Minn. (1.4%); Middletown, Ohio (1.2%); Bindlach, Bavaria, Germany (.53%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (12.47%), and is expected to be completed in January 2023. FY 2018/19 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds in the amount of $19,682,252 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command of Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 01/23/19)