Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, operating its Aeronautics Systems division as Northrop Grumman IS, is a large business prime contractor delivering aerospace component manufacturing and logistics support to the Department of Defense as a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. The vendor competes in full and open procurement, holding no SBA designations, and operates from Hawthorne, California, with principal manufacturing and performance locations in El Segundo, California and Beavercreek Township, Ohio.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on manufacturing precision aerospace components and structural hardware for military aircraft platforms. Representative work includes a $640.1 million aircraft skin delivery order from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (awarded July 2025, completion July 2027), a $4.1 million aircraft door and access components delivery order from Naval Supply Systems Command (awarded November 2025, completion April 2026), and a $200 million multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract from the Air Force for Multidisciplinary, Aerodynamics, and Structures Technologies Research—MASTR (awarded April 2026, completion April 2036). The vendor manufactures aircraft skins, structural brackets, fairings, hinges, tube assemblies, pylons, rudders, fuselage sections, and ancillary components, with a secondary capability in aerospace research and development. Performance-based logistics and aircraft equipment stripping services round out the service portfolio.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward defense logistics and naval aviation. The top five customers by award count account for 93% of recent awards, led by Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (7,197 awards, $878.7 million combined potential value), Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command (1,339 awards, $2.5 billion combined potential value), and Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (821 awards, $19.8 million combined potential value). By dollar value, concentration shifts: the Department of the Air Force leads with 85 awards worth $48.02 billion combined potential value, followed by Naval Supply Systems Command ($2.5 billion), Air Force Materiel Command Electronic Systems Center ($1.81 billion), and DLA Aviation ($878.7 million). The Air Force's outsized dollar share reflects large-dollar research and systems development awards; DLA Aviation's high award count reflects transactional component procurement under standing agreements.

The vendor maintains position on five major parent vehicles. The two largest are Basic Ordering Agreements—SPRPA115G001Z (3,259 task orders, $226.7 million combined potential value) and SPRPA111G002Z (1,656 task orders, $127 million combined potential value)—both supporting routine DLA Aviation component procurement. Additional vehicles include Indefinite Delivery Contract N0038306G032D with Naval Supply Systems Command (786 task orders, $71.3 million), IDC SPE4AX19D9405 (707 task orders, $40.8 million), and BOA SPRPA121GCT01 (697 task orders, $29.2 million). The vendor sits on a $9.99 million Basic Ordering Agreement with Naval Supply Systems Command and a $10 million BOA that expired in December 2025; delivery orders under these expired agreements continued into 2026 and beyond.

Activity has declined over the observed period. The vendor received 485 awards in 2022, peaked at 661 in 2023, then fell to 622 in 2024, 391 in 2025, and 49 year-to-date in 2026 (through May). This decline pattern reflects the mature, transactional nature of DLA Aviation work—high volume, modest individual values, subject to periodic repricing and vehicle turnover. The vendor faces a recompete cliff: 241 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $140.6 million, representing both renewal opportunity and revenue risk.

The vendor subcontracts extensively to The Boeing Company, functioning as a supplier of aircraft major structures (fuselage, skins, structural assemblies) for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet program. Recent sub-awards include multiple F/A-18E/F aircraft major structures task orders under Boeing's prime contracts with Naval Air Systems Command (dated May 2026, December 2025, and earlier). The vendor also subs to Leidos on research and development work: a critical minerals and materials research sub-award (November 2025) and a sensing capability families life-cycle support sub-award (September 2025). The Boeing relationship dominates the subcontract footprint, accounting for roughly 95% of visible sub-awards by volume.

The top NAICS codes confirm the vendor's manufacturing focus: Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 336413, 9,145 awards), Aircraft Manufacturing (336411, 832 awards), and Hardware Manufacturing (332722, 329 awards). The top PSCs align: Airframe Structural Components (4,339 awards), Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components (1,685 awards), and Pipe, Tube and Rigid Tubing (1,093 awards). The vendor holds a narrow, deep product portfolio—aerospace components for military aircraft—rather than a broad service or systems integration posture.

The vendor operates as a child entity of parent Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (UEI EU5DMENAGD85), a broader aerospace and defense holding company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. The division branding as "Northrop Grumman IS" appears limited to the specific Aeronautics Systems operations at El Segundo; the parent maintains multiple operating divisions and stands as the contracting entity on most awards. The parent's $56.35 billion combined potential value across 11,076 awards reflects Northrop Grumman's position as a top-tier prime contractor, with this Aeronautics Systems division representing a material but specialized portion of the corporate portfolio.