Contract Award: Northrop Grumman Corp. Aeronautics Systems (San Diego, California) – $19,911,142

Northrop Grumman Corp., Aeronautics Systems, San Diego, California, is awarded a $19,911,142 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001923F0294) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001920G0005). This order provides for non-recurring engineering, hardware qualification, systems integration, safety assessment, retrofit installation, and flight testing of the payload interface unit and vehicle management computer upgrades to include a cyber-intrusion protection system in support of the MQ-8C vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned air vehicle system. Work will be performed in San Diego, California (90%); and Mojave, California (10%), and is expected to be completed in May 2026. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $19,911,142 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.