General Atomics Secures $43.3M for French Carrier Launch System Design

General Atomics, San Diego, California, is awarded a $43,349,633 modification (P00002) to a firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001925F0028) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0014). This modification exercises options to provide continued advancement of the design and development of the future French carrier configuration of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear through the critical design review, resulting in a configuration baseline being established as well as procures technical data to support the configuration. Work will be performed in San Diego, California (89%); Lakehurst, New Jersey (5.5%); Tupelo, Mississippi (3.5%); Boston, Massachusetts (1%); and Patuxent River, Maryland (1%), and is expected to be completed in January 2028. Foreign Military Sales customer funds in the amount of $43,349,633 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This order was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.