The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) awarded a $4.623 billion indefinite delivery contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's Propulsion Systems - Promontory division to provide engineering, software, and maintenance services for the sustainment, modification, development, testing, procurement, production, repair, and refurbishment of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile propulsion subsystem and related support equipment through 2039. Under this contract, Northrop Grumman will perform a wide range of activities to support the Minuteman III program, a critical element of the U.S. nuclear deterrent.
The AFMC has also issued several cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders to Northrop Grumman under this IDV, including $6.7 million for Minuteman III Stage 1 and 2 motor washout, $211,692 for Avtron software testing, $600,398 for ballistic gas generator testing, $2.5 million for Minuteman III digital engineering, $9.5 million for arm/disarm switch repair, $2.4 million for safe and arm test set repairs, $6.2 million for propulsion subsystem sustainment, $7 million for igniter safe and arm device repair, and $4.6 million for safe and arm switch repair. These task orders support the AFMC's efforts to maintain and modernize the Minuteman III system, which is a key component of the U.S. nuclear triad.
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