Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. – Marine Systems, Sunnyvale, California, is awarded an undefinitized contract action, with a not-to-exceed amount of $12,000,000 under contract modification P00006, to a previously awarded contract (N0003022C1013) to qualify production capability and manufacture full shipsets of Variable Energy Eject Actuator in support of the Columbia and Dreadnought Common Missile Compartment program. The contract will be definitized as a cost plus fixed-fee contract line-item number. Work will be performed from September 2024 through March 2027. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, California (20%); and Cape Canaveral, Florida (80%). Fiscal 2021 Shipbuilding and Conversion Navy funding in the amount of $3,300,000 will be obligated on this award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract action is being awarded on a sole source basis under 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1) and was previously synopsized on the System for Award Management online portal. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.