Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, is a large-business prime contractor delivering radar systems engineering, electronic warfare solutions, advanced component manufacturing, and research and development services to the Department of Defense and civilian federal agencies. The company competes on full-and-open procurements with no small-business set-aside posture; all recent awards carry no socioeconomic designations, reflecting Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's status as a large prime with specialized technical capabilities.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation operates primarily from Linthicum Heights, Maryland, with subordinate performance at Bethpage, New York and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The vendor's concrete capability portfolio centers on radar system engineering and sustainment (E-3 Sentry AWACS, AN/SPQ-9B, AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System), electronic warfare system integration and repair (AN/ALQ-218, AN/ALQ-240, AN/SLQ-32(V)7 systems), circuit card assembly and synthesizer manufacturing and repair, advanced sensor development and infrared search-and-track technologies, anti-tamper engineering integration, and autonomous undersea vehicle development. Representative work includes a $97.5 million F-35 APG-85 production contract from Naval Air Systems Command (September 2025), a $56.4 million Air Force Research Laboratory contract for multi-band satellite communications antennas and commercial space internet experimentation (September 2024), a $143.7 million Naval Sea Systems Command design-agent contract for Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 3 engineering (August 2022), a $51.6 million Army delivery order for Long Range Radar sustainment with cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing (August 2025), and a $48.7 million Office of Naval Research contract for a DARPA maritime synthetic aperture radar algorithm research project (January 2023).

Customer concentration sits with Naval and Air Force defense customers. Naval Sea Systems Command leads by potential value at $3.06 billion (31 awards), with Naval Supply Systems Command second at $29.4 million (84 awards, driven by numerous small component-repair and purchase orders). The Army's PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors follows at $1.14 billion (16 awards), and Office of Naval Research anchors $1.05 billion across 22 awards in advanced research. These five customers account for 68% of combined potential value, with Naval Sea Systems Command's large design-agent and Basic Ordering Agreement roles dominating the dollar concentration.

Vehicle position includes multiple single-award IDIQs and BOAs. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation holds a $421.64 million single-award Basic Ordering Agreement with Naval Sea Systems Command for SLQ-32(V)7 Block 3 electronic warfare system engineering and spares (through August 2030), a $100 million single-award IDIQ with the Air Force for SIAW Subsystem development (through December 2034), a $99.8 million Air Force Life Cycle Management Center IDC for E-3 Radar Engineering Services and NUGETS II sustainment (through December 2033), a $499 million multiple-award Air Force anti-tamper engineering and integration IDIQ (through February 2034), a $14.7 million Naval Sea Systems Command IDIQ for AN/SPQ-9B parts (through October 2027), and additional single-award IDCs with Air Force Materiel Command's Ogden Air Logistics Complex for Advanced Programmable Signal Processor repairs ($5.565 million through January 2027) and Naval Supply Systems Command for radar receiver repair ($3.723 million through March 2027). The vendor also holds Other Transaction IDV positions with DARPA, including a $61.5 million OT IDV and a $1 million SCORPIONFISH OTA.

Activity has grown year over year from 23 awards in 2022 to 44 in 2025, with 42 awards in 2024 demonstrating sustained momentum. The prime-vs-sub split shows Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation operates predominantly as a prime (92% of awards), with subcontract engagement limited to 8% of recent awards, primarily under General Dynamics Mission Systems for Littoral Combat Ship systems engineering and integration and under Axient LLC for space solar power research. Thirty-six awards with combined potential value of $413.3 million reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, surfacing significant recompete exposure on E-3 radar sustainment, electronic warfare system support, and component repair vehicles.

Service Contract Inventory reporting captures partial federal services revenue. SCI-reportable invoicing totaled $33.4 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2023: $4.6 million, FY2024: $28.8 million), with government-paid median hourly rates around $144/hr and senior labor pricing through roughly $315/hr on prime contracts. The vendor delivered approximately 50.8 FTEs in FY2024 under SCI-reportable federal service contracts, up from 15.5 FTEs in FY2023, indicating scaling of services-based work. SCI shows minimal subcontractor hour-share (0% average), confirming Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation builds and delivers its own service teams rather than relying on subcontractor labor. This represents a strict subset of the vendor's federal footprint; total enterprise revenue substantially exceeds SCI-reported figures.

Top NAICS categories center on radar and navigation system manufacturing (334511 — Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing: 97 awards), engineering services (541330: 53 awards), and research and development in physical and engineering sciences (541710, 541711: 79 awards combined), with secondary concentration in bare printed circuit board manufacturing (334412: 28 awards). Top PSC codes align with electrical and electronic assemblies and boards (5320: 45 awards), airborne radar equipment (5865: 32 awards), and professional engineering and technical support (7030: 31 awards).