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General Atomics Awarded Production Contract for EMALS & AAG Systems for Future CVN 79.
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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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Over 70%
of the contracted work including manufacturing, engineering, design and
program management will be executed by the Electromagnetic Systems Group
of GA. The majority of manufacturing will take place in GA’s Tupelo,
Miss. manufacturing facility. The remaining component manufacturing efforts
will be subcontracted to vendors across the United States. Production
hardware is expected to commence delivery to the Huntington Ingalls Industries
shipyard located in Newport News, Virginia starting in the spring of 2017. GA was awarded the prime contract to provide EMALS and AAG systems for CVN 78 in June 2009. Final hardware delivery to CVN 78 will be completed in July 2015. On June 5, the first dead loads were successfully launched off of CVN 78 as part of the EMALS shipboard system testing and certification. |
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