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Naval
Defense Industry News - USA |
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QinetiQ Awarded Contract to Support Delivery of EMALS & AAG on the
US Navy Next-Gen CVN |
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QinetiQ North America (QNA) today announced that it has entered into
a contract valued at $16M from General Atomics (GA) in San Diego, California
to deliver control hardware and software for the Electromagnetic Aircraft
Launch System (EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) to be installed
on the U.S. Navy’s next Gerald
R. Ford Class aircraft carrier, the future John F. Kennedy (CVN
79). |
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 Electromagnetic
Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) was fitted first onboard head of class
USS Gerald R. Ford. Picture: General Atomics |
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The contract
reflects a multi-year production task to update, procure, assemble and
test launch control and arresting control hardware. For more than a
decade, QNA has supported GA and the U.S. Navy 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 Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). |
 The Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) program will supply Navy aircraft carriers with an electric motor based system that will replace the current MK 7 hydraulic system for aircraft deceleration during recovery operations. AAG allows arrestment of a broader range of aircraft, reduces manning and maintenance, and provides higher reliability and safety margins. GA's design replaces the mechanical hydraulic ram with rotary engines using simple, proven energy-absorbing water turbines coupled to a large induction motor, providing fine control of the arresting forces. Picture: General Atomics |
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“QinetiQ
North America is honored to once again be working with General Atomics
to begin production on the second ship in the Ford-class, CVN 79. We are
proud to play a role in providing the Navy with this latest technology
that will increase reliability, improve operational efficiencies and significantly
decrease lifecycle costs,” said Andrew Courier, Director of Maritime
Systems at QNA. Development and production of the hardware and software will be done in QNA’s Waltham, Massachusetts facility. |
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