CLASS JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

This is a Class Justification and Approval (CJ&A) document issued by the Department of the Navy's Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons authorizing sole-source procurement from Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC) under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N00019-25-G-0003 through September 30, 2030.

The procurement covers developmental and sustaining engineering, production support, and technical, financial, and administrative data for the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for PMA-262 and international customers, including the current Cooperative Program partner Australia and potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Required supplies and services include non-recurring engineering for Engineering Change Proposals, operational and safety improvements, hardware procurement for diminishing manufacturing sources, software development and infrastructure support, software upgrades and license renewals, trade studies and engineering analyses for country-unique modifications, interoperability and cybersecurity support, integration and airworthiness support, flight test support across multiple disciplines, reference standard development and reliability programs, subsystem requalification efforts, production kits, integration of new systems into the MQ-4C, additional UAs and operating bases, production line shutdown activities, and Increment II enhanced capabilities support. NGSC is justified as the sole responsible source because it is the sole designer, developer, manufacturer, and integrator of the MQ-4C Triton UAS and possesses unique capabilities and complete data necessary to fulfill USN requirements. The document references prior Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) and System Development and Demonstration (SDD) contracts awarded to NGSC on a sole-source basis between February 2015 and March 2025, and notes that a Technical Data Package (TDP) was not procured during SDD efforts, making competition impracticable. The estimated total value and funding by fiscal year are redacted in the document.