PARIS - The U.S. State Department has given the green light for the sale of electromagnetic aircraft catapults and arresting gear, worth an estimated $1.3B, for France's next-generation aircraft carrier, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced. The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) Foreign Military Sale to the French. The estimated cost of the sale, of the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) and related equipment, would be $1.321B, the agency said in a Dec. 21 statement. Congress received the required notification for the sale Dec. 21. France has requested procurement of one electromagnetic system with two launchers and one advanced arrestor gear, in a three-engine configuration. France is awaiting Congress to approve the deal, a spokeswoman for the French procurement office said. The prime contractors will be General Atomics-Electromagnetic Systems and Huntington Ingall Industries. There will be no offset deal on the deal, which calls for some 40 U.S. government officials and contractors to spend 10 weeks a year in France, from 2033-38 to support installation, certification, and sea trials. (Source: SLDInfo.com 12/27/21) Mississippi Note: GA Electromagnetic Systems' high cycle testing facility in Tupelo, Miss., was site of the full-scale power train of the original EMALS for the USS Gerald R. Ford. (Source: SLDinfo.com 12/27/21) The United States Clears EMALS Sale to France for Their Next Generation Carrier - Second Line of Defense (sldinfo.com)
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