Contract Award: Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Melbourne, Florida) – $8,561,642

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Melbourne, Florida, is awarded a $8,561,642 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001924F0284) against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N0001920G0005). This order provides for modification and testing of the existing AN/APY-9 Radar Pressurization Cooling System Controller hardware and firmware providing dry, conditioned air to pressurize and cool the high-power radio frequency transmission lines and rotary coupler assembly in support of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft for the Navy. Work will be performed in Melbourne, Florida, and is expected to be completed August 2028. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement funds (Navy) in the amount of $8,561,642 will be obligated at time of award, $8,561,642 which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.