Northrop Grumman Wins $3.20 Bln U.S. Air Force Contract

(RTTNews) - Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (NOC) has been awarded a $3.20 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Global Hawk development, modernization, retrofit, and sustainment activities for all U.S. Air Force variants.

Contractor will provide management, including program, business and technical areas; engineering efforts, including configuration management, data management, reliability, availability and maintainability; and related areas of concern such as technical refresh, diminishing manufacturing sources, etc. This contract's ordering period ends on September 30, 2020. Work will be performed at San Diego, California, and is expected to be complete by September 30, 2025.

This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2013 aircraft initial spares and repair parts procurement funds in the amount of $6,281,178 are being obligated at the time of award.

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the primary contracting activity, while Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, may place orders against this contract.