The Navy will award a pre-production planning contract later this year for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) for the Ford-class aircraft carrier Doris Miller (CVN-81), a service spokesman told Inside Defense . Capt. Clay Doss, a spokesman for acting Navy chief acquisition executive Jay Stefany, said Tuesday the EMALS and AAG pre-production planning contracts are on track for an award by the end of the year to support a Full Production contract award in...
