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Contract Award: Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (San Diego, California) – $21,600,000

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is awarded a $21,600,000 modification (P00031) to a previously awarded, fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract (N0001918C1028). This modification provides additional labor and material to inline modify MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system production assets (B16, B17, B18) to an integrated functional capability 4.0 multiple intelligence configuration by the incorporation of production engineering change proposals for the Navy. Work will be performed in San Diego, California (52.5%); Palmdale, California (38.3%); Salt Lake City, Utah (3.1%); Medford, New York (2.5%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (3.6%), and is expected to be completed in December 2023. Fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $21,600,000 will be obligated at the time of award. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.



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