Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, operates as a large-business prime contractor delivering electronic warfare systems, threat simulators, combat electromagnetic environment simulation platforms, and engineering sustainment services to the U.S. Department of Defense across all service branches. The company competes in full-and-open procurements without set-asides; across 675 recent prime and sub awards, 95% are prime contracts, and the vendor does not qualify for small business, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other federal set-aside designations.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's core federal capability portfolio centers on Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) and Next Generation Electronic Warfare Environment Generator (NEWEG) development, sustainment, and repair; Joint Threat Emitter system logistics, foreign military sales support, and platform repair; electronic warfare avionics integration and sustaining engineering across multiple Air Force test squadrons and facilities; and technical support for F-35 electronic warfare reprogramming laboratories and threat simulation infrastructure. The company maintains headquarters in Buffalo, New York, with additional operations and place of performance locations at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; Hill Air Force Base, Utah; Robins Air Force Base, Georgia; Warner Robins, Georgia; Edwards Air Force Base, California; and Williamsville, New York. Recent representative prime awards include an $8.57 million definitive contract from the Department of the Air Force Sustainment Center for procurement of CEESIM-VPX systems supporting F-16 Block 50 testing (awarded March 26, 2026); a $12.2 million delivery order from Air Force Materiel Command for Joint Threat Emitter Enhanced Delivery Initiative foreign military sales to Lithuania (awarded April 25, 2024); a $15.4 million delivery order for Joint Threat Emitter logistics support to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (awarded September 27, 2023); and a $4.04 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order for Test Facilities Threat Simulators sustaining engineering services at Eglin (awarded September 30, 2024).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation concentrates its customer base heavily within Air Force Materiel Command and its subordinate organizations. The top five customer entities by combined potential value account for 92% of award dollars: Air Force Materiel Command's Ogden Air Logistics Complex leads with 21 awards valued at $966.2 million; Air Force Materiel Command holds 73 awards totaling $747.8 million; Air Force Materiel Command's Lifecycle Management Center at Hill Air Force Base carries 12 awards worth $563.4 million; Air Force Materiel Command Test Center brings 28 awards valued at $160.2 million; and Air Force Materiel Command's Lifecycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base accounts for 33 awards totaling $128.5 million. The Department of the Air Force broadly (excluding Materiel Command) contributes 157 awards across the portfolio. Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center participation reaches 55 awards with $89.5 million combined potential value. This concentration reflects the vendor's incumbent role in threat simulation and electronic warfare sustainment across Air Force operational test infrastructure and Navy strike warfare platforms.

The vendor maintains multiple indefinite delivery vehicle positions anchoring significant task order activity. The Indefinite Delivery Contract FA821019D0001 with Air Force Materiel Command carries 15 task orders valued at $244.7 million combined potential value and covers Joint Threat Emitter and related foreign military sales logistics and engineering support. Contract FA821018D0001, also with Air Force Materiel Command, generates 15 task orders worth $71.3 million for similar Joint Threat Emitter foreign military sales scope. Contract FA248721D0014 with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issues 15 task orders totaling $17.6 million for Electronic Warfare Avionics Integration Support Facility engineering services. Contract FA920011D0373 supports 16 task orders valued at $10.5 million. The flagship $99.99 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (awarded September 30, 2021, expiring September 30, 2031) with the Air Force Test Center for Test Facilities Threat Simulators Sustaining Engineering Services drives dozens of delivery orders across multiple Air Force test squadrons and electronic warfare organizations at Eglin, Robins, and other installations. A recently awarded $249 million single-award IDIQ (February 9, 2026, expiring February 8, 2031) with Air Force Materiel Command for Joint Threat Emitter Foreign Military Sales Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity support extends the vendor's position into the next decade.

Activity has remained consistent at roughly 25–30 awards per year through 2024, declining to 13 awards in 2025 and 10 year-to-date in 2026; this trajectory reflects the mature, sustainment-focused nature of Northrop Grumman's electronic warfare portfolio rather than declining customer confidence. Within the next twenty-four months, 21 awards valued at $57.7 million combined potential value reach ultimate completion and face recompete exposure, primarily among Test Facilities Threat Simulators sustaining engineering task orders and Joint Threat Emitter logistics support delivery orders against the large IDIQ vehicles noted above.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation subcontracts selectively on defense platforms outside its core electronic warfare domain. The vendor appears as a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin Corporation on F-35 global air system sustainment contracts, providing CEESIM and threat simulation system support, software maintenance, and hardware repair across multiple CLIN structures since 2022. Under American Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc. primes, the company furnishes electronic warfare engineering support. Under BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Northrop Grumman supports sustaining engineering for the AN/ALQ-221 electronic warfare suite and CEESIM platforms. Under CACI, Inc., the vendor provides digital engineering and digital transformation research. On these subcontract vehicles, Northrop Grumman engages in cost-plus-fixed-fee, time-and-materials, and hybrid contract structures, typically performing engineering and technical support rather than hardware manufacturing. Across SCI-reportable service contracts (prime records only), the vendor invoiced $1.7 million in FY2023 with a median government-paid hourly rate of $3,608/hr and senior labor rates reaching $6,494/hr, indicating a specialized technical labor profile; notably, SCI coverage is sparse and does not capture the vendor's substantial goods procurement and classified work activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation also subcontracts to prime contractors, receiving work on a smaller scale. General Welding and Fabricating, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, and Antenna Associates, Inc., also a small disadvantaged business, supply fabricated structural metal and electronic component manufacturing support on Joint Threat Emitter foreign military sales logistics contracts. Crystal Group, Inc., supplies electronic computer manufacturing; Applied Systems Engineering Inc. delivers search and detection systems; and Crane Electronics, Inc., Rotron Incorporated, and Antenna Research Associates, Inc., provide supporting electronic and thermal management components on the Lithuania Joint Threat Emitter Enhanced Delivery Initiative. This teaming posture—where Northrop Grumman primes with a selective, specialized supply base for mission-critical components—aligns with the defense electronic warfare market's technical maturity and the company's incumbent role in threat simulation infrastructure sustaining engineering.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation does not hold grants as a recipient or hold federal research contracts commonly found in SCI outside the narrow electronic warfare and platform sustaining engineering domain. The vendor's award profile is dominated by delivery orders and definitive contracts under Air Force and Navy primary vehicles, reflecting a contractor focused on logistics, sustainment, and operational support rather than research or broad IT services. Primary NAICS categories in the portfolio center on Engineering Services (89 awards), Search and Detection System Manufacturing (78 awards), and Electronic Equipment Repair and Maintenance (69 awards); Product Service Code concentration aligns with Support—Professional Engineering/Technical work (137 awards) and Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (40 awards).