Northrop Grumman Awarded Surface Electronic Warfare Funds

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, is being awarded a $91,735,291 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-15-C-5319 for Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 program engineering, manufacturing and development. SEWIP is an evolutionary acquisition and incremental development program which upgrades existing out-of-production AN/SLQ-32(V) electronic warfare systems by providing improved electronic support receivers and combat system interface. SEWIP Block 3 will provide select Navy surface ships a scalable electronic warfare enterprise suite with improved electronic attack capabilities. Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Maryland (91 percent); Goleta, California (6 percent); and Fairfax, Virginia (3 percent), and is expected to be completed by January 2017. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funding in the amount of $8,000,000 will be obligated at time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.