EMALS Development ECP-I-EMALS-0059 EMALS Catapult Status Dashboard (CSD) and ECP-I-EMALS-0060 EMALS Maintenance Laptop
NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N00019-25-RFPREQ-TPM251-0129 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
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What the notice says
Pre-Award Synopsis. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to enter into sole source negotiations and subsequently award a contract to General Atomics (GA), San Diego, CA. This contract is for the procurement of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) Development ECP-I-EMALS-0059 EMALS Catapult Status Dashboard (CSD) and ECP-I-EMALS-0060 EMALS Maintenance Laptop. These ECPs will develop and implement Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) ECPs that are required to maintain and sustain system availability objectives on the Ford Class Ca… (show all)
rriers. This contract will support two EMALS ECPs that have already been fielded via Interim Launch and Recovery Change (ILRC) on CVN 78. The contract will formally document and baseline the two ECP�s under the EMALS configuration. The contract will facilitate needed Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE), procedure validation/verification and software/hardware testing associated with the two ECPs. The anticipated contract award date is May 2026 with performance through 30 December 2029, to include options. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of Title 10, U.S. Code 3204(a)(1), as implemented Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, �Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements�. As the sole designer, developer and manufacturer of EMALS, GA is the only responsible source with the access, unique knowledge, experience, special skills, facilities, manufacturing techniques, and technical data required to fulfill the EMALS requirements and award to another source would result in duplication of costs and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency�s requirements. Further, NAVAIR does not have an adequate technical data package suitable for a competitive procurement of the support required. Companies interested in subcontracting opportunities should directly contact Zach Baur, Small Business Liaison for General Atomics via e-mail: SB4GA@ga.com or Phone: (858) 455-2603. Capability statements received by the close of the synopsis may be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. There is no commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, make an award, or be responsible for any money expended by interested parties before award of a contract for the effort described above. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a contract.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND), same product/service code (PSC) 1720 and NAICS 336413.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $20.6M to $34.6M, median $28.7M; range $6.0M to $42.9M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Atomics San Diego CA 92121 USA | 4 | $106.2M | Aug 27, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Aug 27, 2026General Atomics San Diego CA 92121 USA$42.9MPost Award Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) Sustainment Spares ProcurementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 24, 2026General Atomics San Diego CA 92121 USA$6.0MECP-I-EMALS-0066 Block Switch Controller (BSC) Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) Hardware Obsolescence and Firmware UpgradeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2025General Atomics San Diego CA 92121 USA$31.8MElectromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) ECP-I-EMALS-0104 EMALS Electrical Isolation (EI)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2025General Atomics San Diego CA 92121 USA$25.5MElectromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) Depot Standup Phase IINo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 1 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.