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QinetiQ Wins GA-EMS Contract For New Carrier Catapult, Arresting Gear Equipment

QinetiQ Wins GA-EMS Contract For New Carrier Catapult, Arresting Gear Equipment
An E/A-18G Growler (left), assigned to the "Gray Wolves" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 142, and an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31, prepare to launch from the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launching System on the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) flight deck, on March 10, 2023 while it is underway in the Atlantic Ocean. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Grace Lyles)

The U.S. subsidiary of the U.K.’s QinetiQ said Sept. 5 it won a contract from General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) to provide control hardware and software for the new catapults and arresting gears used on the fourth Ford-class aircraft carrier. This is specifically a multi-year production task to update, procure, assemble, and test control hardware and software for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) to be installed on the future aircraft carrier USS Doris…

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