
Naval Air Systems Command awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $3.2 billion modification to procure 24 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Lot 7-11 aircraft. This award is definitizing a previously awarded E-2D Lot 7 advance acquisition contract into a multi-year fixed-price-incentive-firm contract. The larger contract has used the advance acquisition to award several modifications for long-lead parts for Lot 7 aircraft. NAVAIR noted in a statement this is the second multi-year procurement (MYP) contract to Northrop Grumman for E-2Ds. In 2014, it won…