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Contract Award: Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Linthicum Heights, Maryland) – $28,662,064

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, April 27th, 2023

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Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, has been awarded an $28,662,064 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00077) to contract FA8615-17-C-6047 for Active Electronically Scanned Array radars of Air Force F-16 aircraft. This modification is for continued radar development. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $1,509,974,169. Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, and is expected to be completed April 28, 2025. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $8,624,197, for a total of $1,445,401,537, are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

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