Tranche 2 transport layer beta
Active Other Transaction Agreement Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- FA24012390041
- Awardee
-
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation UEI VSBAFMDKTWL4 Part of Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Awarding agency
-
Air Force
Department of Defense
- Obligated
- $556,949,916
Award facts
- Contract value 76% obligated
-
- $714,490,339.11 Current, with exercised options
- $735,578,098.03 Potential, with all options
- Completion date 36% complete
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- Current, with exercised options
- Potential, with all options
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- Competition
- Competed Program Solicitation
- Pricing
- Other
- Place of performance
- Redondo Beach, CA 90278, USA
- Defense program
- Tranche 2 Transport Layer
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $871,446 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $27,634,034 | |
| Funding Only Action | $871,445 | |
| Funding Only Action | $161,500 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $303,920 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $769,986 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $111,799,170 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $5,641,007 | |
| Funding Only Action | $18,345,992 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $21,121,802 | |
| Funding Only Action | $88,343,783 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $114,803,379 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $61,153,307 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $37,516,179 | |
| Original award | $67,612,965 |
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About this award
The Air Force awarded an Other Transaction Agreement to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Space Systems Division on August 17, 2023 for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta space architecture development effort with a ceiling value of $735.578 million and an ultimate completion date of May 24, 2032. This OTA sits outside the FAR framework and is executed under the Middle Tier of Acquisition rapid-prototyping pathway (Defense Acquisition Program M18, or T2TL).
Performance occurs at Redondo Beach, California. Northrop Grumman is a large business with no small-business set-asides. The Space Systems Division specializes in satellite systems, space-domain awareness technologies, advanced RF and photonics components, and space-based communications infrastructure, with primary customer concentration in Department of the Air Force programs and Space and Missile Systems Center activities.
Named subcontractors supporting T2TL Beta include Airbus US Space & Defense (guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing, subaward March 21, 2025), Sheldahl Flexible Technologies (hardware manufacturing, subawards August 8, 2024 and March 11, 2025), and SV Microwave (electronic component manufacturing, subaward March 18, 2025), along with additional vendors supplying specialized processing, laboratory and scientific equipment, and standard components. General Dynamics Mission Systems and Rockwell Collins also serve in subcontract roles on major systems and subsystems elements.
Northrop Grumman's Space Systems Division concurrently holds a $782 million OTA for T2TL Alpha (awarded October 2023, completion July 2032) and a $790.8 million OTA for the Tranche 3 Tracking program (awarded December 2025, completion January 2032), positioning the division as the primary vehicle for Air Force space layer modernization across the Middle Tier pathway.
Subawards
| Subcontractor | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Airbus US Space & Defense Inc. | -$10,016,480 | |
| Sheldahl Flexible Technologies, Inc. | $174,132 | |
| SV Microwave, Inc. | -$2,333 | |
| Sheldahl Flexible Technologies, Inc. | $3,696 | |
| Santa Fe Enterprises Inc. | $45,820 | |
| Sheldahl Flexible Technologies, Inc. | $246,000 | |
| Xometry, Inc. | $35,689 | |
| Bemco Inc. | $311,117 | |
| General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. | $1,136,464 | |
| General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. | $1,016,912 | |
| Rockwell Collins, Inc. | $44,275,000 |
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Quick answers
Who was awarded contract FA24012390041?
FA24012390041 was awarded to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation by Air Force (Department of Defense) on August 17, 2023.
How much is contract FA24012390041 worth?
The government has obligated $556,949,916 on FA24012390041. Its current value, with exercised options, is $714,490,339. Its potential value, with all options, is $735,578,098.
Was contract FA24012390041 competed?
The extent of competition for FA24012390041 was competed.
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