Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Sykesville, Maryland, is awarded a $34,718,114 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract provides for finalizing the development of the Advanced Recovery Control (ARC) upgrade for engineering change proposal I-ARC-0518, as well as establishes the construction of ARC prototype systems in support of requirements verification, to include design verification and environmental testing and provides engineering and test support for validation for the Navy Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Department. Work will be performed in Sykesville, Maryland (77%); Thorofare, New Jersey (10%); Danbury, Connecticut (3%); Passaic, New Jersey (2%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (8%), and is expected to be completed in October 2026. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,113,310; and fiscal 2022 research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $560,904 will be obligated at time of award, $560,904 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (N6833523C0248).