Qinetiq North America has won a $16 million contract to supply control hardware and software for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System(EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) to be installed on USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)
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By U.S. Navy photo illustration courtesy of Newport News Shipbuilding/Released [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The contract was awarded by General Atomics and similar components have already been installed on board USS. Gerald R. Ford.