If so it could be seen as a strange decision given that Converteam will know so much more about the power systems on those ships - and would by implication be better placed to design and integrate any catapult system.
However I guess General Atomics are currently flavour of the month in the USA with all the various secret drone projects they work on.... I can't help but wonder if the reported inflated costs of fitting their EMALS system includes buried costs for a black project somewhere