EMALS Armature Torsion Brake ECP

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded an Order under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA), N00019-16-G-0006 to General Atomics (GA), San Diego, California (CA) for the procurement of the efforts needed for the prototype, test, evaluation, production, manufacture, assembly, delivery, and technical data management for the EMALS Armature Torsion Brake Engineering Change Proposal in support of the United States Navy USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Class. The period of performance of this Order is from 20 December 2019 through 07 January 2022

GA is the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of the EMALS and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG). GA is the only company that has the ability, resources, technology, and documentation necessary to develop, produce, maintain, and support this system without causing unacceptable delays in meeting the Navy’s operational requirements. Accordingly, GA is the only known qualified, responsible source that can fulfill the requirements specified herein. The awarded Order is for the supplies or services for which the Government solicited and negotiated with only one source under the authority of Title 10, U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, ‘Only One Responsible Source’, and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

Awarded contract N00019-16-G-0006 to GENERAL ATOMICS for 804619.29 on 2019-12-18.