Contract Award: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (San Diego, California) – $9,672,322

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., San Diego, California, is awarded a $9,672,322 modification (P00005) to a firm-fixed-price order (N0001921F0060) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001916G0006). This modification provides for the procurement and installation of upgraded dual gate drivers for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System Power Conditioning Subsystem Half Bridges to address reliability and obsolescence concerns. This includes a total of 686 kits that will be installed on Navy aircraft carriers (CVN 78, CVN 79) and the Lakehurst System Functional Demonstration test site, including on-board and site spares for each location. Additionally, this modification includes associated labor for engineering, program management, and logistics products. Work will be performed in Tupelo, Mississippi (56.1%); San Diego, California (40.7%); Newport News, Virginia (1.7%); and Lakehurst, New Jersey (1.5%), and is expected to be completed January 2027. Fiscal 2024 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount $3,442,009; fiscal 2024 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount $2,277,737; fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,676,182; and fiscal 2022 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,276,392 will be obligated at the time of award, $1,276,392 of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.