QinetiQ wins Navy contract for control hardware and software for Navy aircraft carrier
NewsMarch 24, 2017
WALTHAM, Mass. QinetiQ North America (QNA) has confirmed that it has entered into a $41 million definitized contract with General Atomics (GA -- San Diego, California) to deliver control hardware and software for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) that is set to be installed on the Navy?s next aircraft carrier, the future John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). This announcement follows the initial $16 million contract announced in December 2015.
The QNA/GA contract reflects a multiyear production task effort to update, procure, assemble, and test-launch control and arresting control hardware. QNA has worked with GA and the U.S. Navy for more than 10 years by providing the hardware and software for the EMALS Launch Control System, as well as control hardware and software for the AAG system, both of which were developed for and installed on the carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), which is currently awaiting embarkation on its sea trials.
