Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation) manufactures precision components, subsystems, and delivers engineering services to the U.S. Department of Defense as a large prime contractor, competing on full and open basis without set-asides across naval, mine countermeasures, and undersea warfare platforms.

The vendor's customer base is heavily concentrated in the Navy. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command dominates the dollar footprint with 255 awards worth $2.01 billion in combined potential value, while the Naval Supply Systems Command accounts for 374 awards worth $133.3 million, and the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation places 125 awards worth $38.3 million. These three customers represent 87% of recent awards and 99% of combined potential value. The dollar concentration around NAVSEA reflects large-value IDIQs and delivery orders for undersea warfare systems, while NAVSUP drives volume through smaller component orders.

Northrop Grumman Systems sits on five high-value parent vehicles: an Indefinite Delivery Contract (N0010403G0303) with 104 task orders worth $1.7 million combined potential value, an IDC (SPRMM109G0900) with 88 task orders worth $6.2 million, an IDC (N0010404GA303) with 73 task orders worth $14.6 million, an IDC (N0010202D1900) with 71 task orders worth $9.1 million, and a Basic Ordering Agreement (SPRMM115G0900) with 53 task orders worth $22.6 million. The company also holds single-award IDCs including a $77.59 million Naval Sea Systems Command contract for AN/AQS-24 mine detecting sonar depot maintenance running through March 2027, and a $245.9 million multiple-award IDC for Undersea Weapons and Undersea Defensive Family of Systems supplies and services awarded March 2024 through January 2029. Recent large delivery orders include $24.9 million for Full Spectrum Undersea Warfare Innovative Naval Prototype development (cost-plus-fixed-fee, Office of Naval Research, completion March 2030), $28.1 million for ANGUILLA SERVICES under the Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Family of Systems IDC (cost-plus-fixed-fee, NAVSEA, completion July 2028), and $26.3 million for UUV Family of Systems supplies and services (cost-plus-fixed-fee, NAVSEA, completion January 2028). The company also holds a $3 million DARPA OT IDV (awarded June 2025) for research projects.

Northrop Grumman Systems' capability footprint centers on bare printed circuit board manufacturing (368 awards across the portfolio), search and detection systems (170 awards), engineering services (138 awards), and specialized undersea and degaussing equipment. Representative prime work includes a $9.6 million definitive contract from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (February 2026) for acoustic baffle manufacturing through December 2029, a $14.0 million DLA definitive contract (July 2025) for acoustic baffles through January 2029, and numerous smaller purchase orders from DLA Aviation for clevis actuators, linear actuator pistons, blade guides, and cable assemblies. The vendor subcontracts to defense primes including Electric Boat Corporation (material procurements and engineering for Virginia-class and SSW submarines), Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation (motor and ASPU refurbishment services), and Oceanetics Inc. (mini-hub system design and development support). Northrop Grumman Systems performs across both Annapolis, Maryland (primary facility) and Newport, Rhode Island (undersea warfare and UUV work locations).

Activity has remained relatively stable — ranging between 19 and 33 awards per year over the past five years — with 18 awards worth $54.4 million reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, creating near-term recompete exposure. The company competes as a prime on 95% of its recent awards, with subcontract work (5% of awards) routed through major defense primes rather than organic subcontracting. SCI-reportable federal service-contract invoicing totaled $1.7 million in FY2023 across 4.9 FTEs, at a government-paid rate of $165.77 per hour; the SCI dataset shows no FY2022 or FY2024 activity above the $150,000 reporting threshold, meaning the vendor's federal delivery is predominantly goods and products rather than labor-intensive services. The parent company, Northrop Grumman Corporation, holds the broader corporate charter; Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation operates as a subsidiary focused on maritime systems, undersea warfare, and specialized component manufacturing for naval platforms.