Northrop Grumman Supplying Hawkeye Aircraft to the Navy

The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems, Melbourne, Florida, two contracts in support of the Advanced Hawkeye program. In one contract, the company is being awarded a $99,771,416 firm-fixed-price contract for long-lead parts and support associated with the full rate production Lot 7 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. Work will be performed in El Segundo, California (29 percent); Syracuse, New York (29 percent); Melbourne, Florida (14 percent); Rolling Meadows, Illinois (7 percent); Menlo Park, California (6 percent); Greenlawn, New York (4 percent); Owego, New York (2 percent); Indianapolis, Indiana (2 percent); Edgewood, New York (2 percent); Woodland Hills, California (2 percent); Marlborough, Massachusetts (1 percent); Independence, Ohio (1 percent); and various locations within the U.S. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2022. Fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $99,771,416 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1).  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-18-C-1037).

In the second award, Northrop will receive $50,645,223 for modification to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive contract (N00019-13-C-9999). The Navy is exercising an option for non-recurring engineering, product support, engineering investigations, engine and software support activity efforts for the full rate production Lot 6 E-2D of the aircraft. Work will be performed in Melbourne (68 percent); Syracuse (18 percent); St. Augustine, Florida (4 percent); Norfolk, Virginia (4 percent); Indianapolis (2 percent); Greenlawn (1 percent); Woodland Hills, California (1 percent); Falls Church, Virginia (1 percent); and various locations within the continental U.S. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2019. The funds were obligated at time of award, through the Navy's fiscal year 2018 aircraft procurement funds, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command is the contracting activity.