Contract Award: General Atomics (San Diego, California) – $11,543,664

General Atomics, San Diego, California, is awarded an $11,543,664 firm-fixed-price modification (P00080) to a previously awarded contract (N0001914C0037). This modification adds scope to procure aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) advanced arresting gear (AAG) and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) installation and checkout (INCO) spares plus up and AAG INCO spares plus-up deliveries. Additionally, this modification procures eight braking choppers, provides blast and repaint for two Launch Motor Subsystem (LMS) trough covers full length and one LMS trough cover half-length in support of upgrades to EMALS items to the latest approved configuration. Also included in this modification are changes to cost and schedule impacts associated with CVN-79 EMALS and AAG line replaceable units and position sensor blocks as directed. Work will be performed in San Diego, California (67.9%); Tupelo, Mississippi (26.2%); and Lakehurst, New Jersey (5.9%), and is expected to be completed in July 2025. Fiscal 2021 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $11,543,664 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.