Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a for-profit subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, operates as a prime contractor delivering signals intelligence payload sustainment, manufacturing, and modernization services to the U.S. Air Force on full-and-open, non-set-aside contracts worth $1.36 billion in combined potential value. The vendor competes exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) with no subcontract footprint in the source data, and maintains extreme customer concentration — 25 of 27 awards and $1.32 billion of $1.36 billion in potential value flow from a single customer, the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex.

The capability portfolio centers on technical refresh, manufacturing, maintenance, and modernization of the U.S. Air Force's U-2 reconnaissance aircraft signals intelligence systems, specifically the AN/ASQ-230 sensor and associated Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) infrastructure. Northrop Grumman holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract valued at $487.2 million with Warner Robins, awarded June 23, 2022, and running through June 22, 2027. This parent contract has spawned 14 delivery orders ranging from $2.99 million to $49.58 million. Representative work includes a $48.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order for AN/ASQ-230 sensor support and sustainment (June 23, 2025, completion June 22, 2026), a $6.76 million order for DCGS ASET/SRMT planning increments 34-37 (January 16, 2026, completion January 15, 2027), and a $47.3 million order for U-2 AN/ASQ-230 and ground station support and sustainment (June 6, 2023, completion March 31, 2026). A secondary indefinite delivery contract (FA852817D0013, 14 task orders, $239.6 million combined potential value) and a third parent contract (FA852822D0013, 9 task orders, $234.2 million) structure the remaining work. Air Combat Command placed two awards totaling $32.6 million for Distributed Common Ground System Network Weapon System sustainment, including a $10.2 million definitive contract (March 1, 2023, completion August 31, 2028) performed in Hampton, Virginia.

Award volume has contracted — from three awards in 2022 to one in 2025 and one in 2026 — but the vendor carries deep exposure to a $487.2 million single-award vehicle extending through June 2027. Only $6.8 million in combined potential value completes within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete pressure. Work is performed at San Jose and McClellan Park, California, with subcontractors including L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P., Parker Hannifin Corporation, Carlisle Interconnect Technologies, Keysight Technologies Inc., and BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. providing signals intelligence systems manufacturing, electronic equipment repair, and specialized component support across delivery orders. NAICS classification concentrates in 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing) across 15 awards, with 22 awards coded under PSC Support-Professional: Engineering/Technical.