| | Advanced Arresting Gear Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Under contract to the Naval Air Warfare Center, the Turboelectric Arresting Gear team, led by General Atomics, is performing the Component and Technology Development (CTD) phase of an Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system. |
 | | The goal of GA’s AAG concept is to significantly improve the arresting capabilities of the Navy’s carriers while simplifying operation, maintenance, and supportability requirements, and reducing life-cycle costs. |
 | | The GA Team’s "turboelectric" system design is based on the proven water turbine systems used in land-based arresting gear, adding a lighter synthetic cable system and an electromagnetic motor to meet the Navy’s demanding performance goals. |
| www.ga.com /atg/arrestgear.php (169 words) |