The Advanced Arresting
Gear (AAG) program at General Atomics is
designing the next generation of naval
aircraft carrier landing system under
contract to the Naval Air Warfare Center.
The system will be back-fitted into existing
CVN 68 class carriers and forward-fitted
onto CVN 78 and future carriers.
The goal of General
Atomics' AAG concept is to significantly
improve arresting capabilities of the Navy's
carriers while simplifying operation,
maintenance, supportability requirements,
and reducing life-cycle costs. The
primary method of sensor data collection is
through the data acquisition (DAQ) cabinets.
The DAQ electrical and
mechanical designs were completed by
National Analytics and General Atomics and
National Analytics manufactured the
first complete set of cabinets for testing.
The testing is for functional
performance and shipboard environmental qualification.
Currently,
National Analytics is manufacturing
the first round of shipboard data
acquisition (DAQ) cabinets.
These cabinets will be deployed on
CVN 78, The USS Gerald R. Ford.
