GA-Tupelo earns 25% of EMALS pact

General Atomics of San Diego is awarded $18,898,425 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-16-G-0006). The order provides Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) integrated test and evaluation effort for EMALS test-site operations, Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Actions System, prototype and testing, environmental qualification testing and remediation, electromagnetic interference testing, and training efforts. Work will be performed in Lakewood, N.J. (60%); Tupelo, Miss. (25%); and Rancho Bernardo, Calif. (15%), and is expected to be completed in January 2021. FY 2018-19 Navy research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $18,898,425 will be obligated at time of award - $2,737,924 will expire at the end of the fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command of Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 03/11/19) EMALS is designed to replace the steam catapult systems currently used on the Navy aircraft carriers. USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is the first carrier to use it.