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Contract Award: General Atomics (San Diego, California) – $11,434,125

General Atomics, San Diego, California, is awarded an $11,434,125 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price order (N0001921F0818) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001916G0006). This order provides support services for advanced arresting gear (AAG) depot planning Phase II efforts, to include logistics support, supportability analysis, maintenance planning, reliability maintenance, support equipment recommendations, program development and post production support, provisioning data, packaging requirements identification, and technical manual development as it directly correlates to AAG depot planning for the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78); and USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). Work will be performed in San Diego, California (98.11%); Lakehurst, New Jersey (1.65%); and Tupelo, Mississippi (0.24%), and is expected to be completed in February 2024. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,932,360; and fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,501,765 will be obligated at time of award, $1,501,765 of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. 



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