Contract for a Launch and Recovery System for a Fourth Ford-class Aircraft Carrier is given to the US Navy

T?? U.S. N?v? ?w????? G?n???l At?mics ? $1.204-?illi?n c?nt??ct m??i?ic?ti?n J?n? 7 t? ??il? t?? El?ct??m??n?tic Ai?c???t L??nc? S?st?m (EMALS) ?n? A?v?nc?? A???stin? G??? (AAG) ??? t?? ??t??? USS D??is Mill?? (CVN 81). T?? c?nt??ct incl???s AAG ?n? EMALS ?????cti?n, s?i?s?t ??liv??i?s, ?n?in???in? c??n?? ?????s, ?????cti?n inc??????ti?n ?? ??s?l?sc?nc? miti??ti?ns, ??????m s?????t, inst?ll?ti?n, ?n? c??ti?ic?ti?n s?????t ??? CVN 81 t?????? 2032. EMALS ?n? AAG c??ti?ic?ti?n ?n USS J??n F. K?nn??? (CVN 79) is c????ntl? ?n???w??, ?n? s?st?m ?????cti?n ?n USS Ent????is? (CVN 80) is n??? c?m?l?ti?n. P????cti?n w??k ??? EMALS ?n? AAG ?n t?? CVN 81 will ???in imm??i?t?l?, wit? s?????t ?l?nn?? t?????? 2032.

C??t. Mik? Klin?, ??????m m?n???? ??? t?? Ai?c???t L??nc? ?n? R?c?v??? E??i?m?nt P?????m O??ic? (PMA-251) s?i?,“T?? c?nt??ct ?w??? is ?n im???t?nt ?v?l?ti?n in t?? ??t??? ?? l??nc? ?n? ??c?v??? ??? U.S. N?v?l w??????. As t?? ????t? F???-cl?ss ?i?c???t c???i?? t? ?nt?? t?? ?l??t, CVN 81 c?n l??n ?n CVN 78’s ?x???i?nc?, ?n? t?? l?ss?ns l???n?? w?il? ??v?ncin? EMALS ?n? AAG ??? t?? n?xt ??n???ti?n ?? S?il??s.”

An F/A-18F S???? H??n?t ???m St?ik? Fi??t?? S??????n (VFA) 213 l??nc??s ??? ?? t?? ?li??t ??ck ?? t?? ?i?st-in-cl?ss ?i?c???t c???i?? USS G???l? R. F??? (CVN 78) ?sin? t?? El?ct??m??n?tic Ai?c???t L??nc?in? S?st?m (EMALS), M??c? 10, 2023. As t?? ?i?st-in-cl?ss s?i? ?? F???-cl?ss ?i?c???t c???i??s, CVN 78 ?????s?nts ? ??n???ti?n?l l??? in t?? U.S. N?v?’s c???cit? t? ???j?ct ??w?? ?n ? ?l???l sc?l?.
An F/A-18F S???? H??n?t ???m St?ik? Fi??t?? S??????n (VFA) 213 l??nc??s ??? ?? t?? ?li??t ??ck ?? t?? ?i?st-in-cl?ss ?i?c???t c???i?? USS G???l? R. F??? (CVN 78) ?sin? t?? El?ct??m??n?tic Ai?c???t L??nc?in? S?st?m (EMALS), M??c? 10, 2023. As t?? ?i?st-in-cl?ss s?i? ?? F???-cl?ss ?i?c???t c???i??s, CVN 78 ?????s?nts ? ??n???ti?n?l l??? in t?? U.S. N?v?’s c???cit? t? ???j?ct ??w?? ?n ? ?l???l sc?l?. (P??t? ?? U.S. NAVAIR)

T?? El?ct??m??n?tic Ai?c???t L??nc? S?st?m (EMALS) is ? t??? ?? ?i?c???t l??nc?in? s?st?m ??v?l???? ?? G?n???l At?mics ??? t?? Unit?? St?t?s N?v?. T?? s?st?m l??nc??s c???i??-??s?? ?i?c???t ?? m??ns ?? ? c?t???lt ?m?l??in? ? lin??? in??cti?n m?t?? ??t??? t??n t?? c?nv?nti?n?l st??m ?ist?n. EMALS w?s ?i?st inst?ll?? ?n t?? l??? s?i? ?? t?? G???l? R. F???-cl?ss ?i?c???t c???i??, t?? USS G???l? R. F???. Its m?in ??v?nt??? is t??t it ?cc?l???t?s ?i?c???t m??? sm??t?l?, ??ttin? l?ss st??ss ?n t??i? ?i????m?s. C?m????? t? st??m c?t???lts, t?? EMALS ?ls? w?i??s l?ss, is ?x??ct?? t? c?st l?ss ?n? ????i?? l?ss m?int?n?nc?, ?n? c?n l??nc? ??t? ???vi?? ?n? li??t?? ?i?c???t t??n ? st??m ?ist?n-??iv?n s?st?m.

T?? A?v?nc?? A???stin? G??? (AAG) is ? t??? ?? ????stin? ???? ??v?l???? ?? G?n???l At?mics ??? t?? U.S. N?v?’s n?w?st G???l? R. F???-cl?ss ?i?c???t c???i??s. It w?s ???l???? in 2017 ?n t?? l??? s?i? ?? t?? cl?ss, t?? USS G???l? R. F??? (CVN-78). It ???l?c?s t?? MK 7 ??????lic ????stin? ???? w?ic? is in ?s? ?n t?? t?n Nimitz-cl?ss ?i?c???t c???i??s. T?? AAG is ??si?n?? ??? ? ??????? ??n?? ?? ?i?c???t, incl??in? UAVs, w?il? ????cin? m?n??w?? ?n? m?int?n?nc?. R?t??? ?n?in?s w?ic? ?s? sim?l? ?n????-??s???in? w?t?? t???in?s (?? twist??s) c???l?? t? ? l???? in??cti?n m?t?? ???vi?? ?in?? c?nt??l ?? t?? ????stin? ???c?s. On A???st 2, 2019 t?? N?v? cl????? t?? AAG ??? ?s? wit? “?ll ????s ?n? j?ts”.