Northrop Grumman Wins $45M Contract for Vehicles from US DoD

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif. (F33657-01-C-4600 P00446), is being awarded a $45,835,942 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification. This contract is for software maintenance tasks necessary for the contractor to maintain support software for air vehicles, ground support segments. Flight test covers the tasks necessary for the Global Hawk System Integrator (prime contractor) to participate in planning, provisioning, conducting, analyzing, and documentation for an integrated Global Hawk Combined Development/Operational Flight Test System. These tasks provide the software maintenance and flight test to keep the development program operating. One firm was solicited and one firm submitted a proposal. The ASC/WIGK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-01-C-4600 P00446). -- Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems, San Diego, Calif. (F33657-01-C-4600 P00453), is being awarded a $29,515,929 firm-fixed-price contract modification. This is for the infrastructure portion of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Block Load effort that provides for the necessary tasks that allow the contractor to manage the day-to-day EMD contract operations of the Global Hawk Weapon System; including air vehicle, ground segment, and support segment. These tasks provide the infrastructure necessary to keep the development program operational.