Northrop Grumman Awarded Space Tracking and Surveillance System Option

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, California, is being awarded a $19,558,839 modification (P00329) to previously awarded contract F04701-02-C-0009 to exercise an option. The value of this contract is increased from $1,859,119,188 to $1,878,678,027. Under this modification, the contractor will provide on-orbit operations and sustainment for the Space Tracking and Surveillance System. The work will be performed at the Missile Defense Space Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Redondo Beach. The performance period is April 1 through March 31, 2018. Fiscal 2017 research and development funds of $3 million are being obligated at the time of the award. The Missile Defense Agency, Colorado Springs, is the contracting activity.