Contract Award: Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Linthicum Heights, Maryland) – $60,341,151

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, is awarded a $60,341,151 firm-fixed-price contract for the production and delivery of Airborne Electronic Attack System Enhancements B-Kits for Weapons Replacement Assemblies (WRA) 7s and 8s and Low Band Dedicated Receivers (LBDRs) as follows: 45 WRA-7 B-Kits (44 for the Navy and one for the government of Australia); 46 WRA-8 B-Kits (44 for the Navy, one for the government of Australia, and one spare for the Navy); and 80 LBDRs (29 for the Navy, 19 for the government of Australia, and 32 spares for the Navy) in support of upgrading the AN/ALQ-218 tactical jamming receiver on the EA-18G aircraft. Additionally, this contract provides engineering and technical support and associated data in support of EA-18G aircraft upgrades for the Navy and government of Australia. Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Maryland (80%); and Bethpage, New York (20%), and is expected to be completed in August 2027. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $37,804,032; fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $13,364,552; and Foreign Military Sales customer funds in the amount of $9,172,567, will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001924C0006).