Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, doing business as CCI Speer, is a for-profit aerospace and defense manufacturer headquartered in Sterling, Virginia, that designs, develops, and produces space vehicles, spacecraft subsystems, and associated ground systems for the federal government as a prime contractor (74% of recent awards) and subcontractor. Operating as a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, CCI Speer competes in full-and-open procurements across NAICS 334511 (Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing) and related research and development categories, with no set-aside designations across its recent federal portfolio.

CCI Speer's customer base is concentrated in space and science missions across NASA and the Department of the Air Force. The top five funding agencies account for 79% of recent awards by count and 99% of combined potential value. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center dominates by award volume (20 awards, $10.17 billion combined potential value), but NASA's Johnson Space Center anchors the dollar concentration with two awards carrying $16 billion in combined potential value. The Department of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center accounts for 10 awards worth $6.13 billion. The Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service, NASA Ames Research Center, and the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration round out the active agency set, with smaller dollar footprints.

Concrete capability work spans spacecraft design, integration, test, and operations for civil science and military space systems. Representative prime contracts include a $21.2 million definitive contract from NASA Goddard (May 2026, through May 2029) for Habitable Worlds Observatory system technology demonstrations and mission architecture studies; a $90.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract from NASA Ames (October 2024, through October 2026) for Helioswarm program support with subcontractors including Aerojet Rocketdyne, Honeywell Aerospace, KCA Electronics, Vpt Inc., and B.J.G. Electronics; and a $73.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract from Space and Missile Systems Center (February 2025, through June 2029) for Rapid On Orbit Space Technology Evaluation Ring (ROOSTER-5) integration, test, and operations with Beyond Gravity Sweden AB as a named subcontractor. On the defense side, CCI Speer holds three Other Transaction Agreements from the Air Force (all November 2025, expiring August 2029) totaling $282.4 million for space-based interceptor development: a $120 million OTA for Line of Effort 5 Fire Control, a $44.45 million OTA for Counter-HGV space-based interceptor development, and a $117.95 million OTA for endo-atmospheric space-based boost-phase interceptor development (with Apogean Group LLC as a named sub). CCI Speer also holds a $4 billion Protected Tactical Satellite Communication (PTS-G) multiple-award IDIQ from Space and Missile Systems Center (July 2025, through July 2040) for design, development, testing, and production of protected tactical satellite communication space vehicles, ground systems, and anchor stations, with a $7.5 million delivery order issued to date.

CCI Speer's vehicle position centers on two high-value indefinite-delivery contracts: the NASA Goddard $6 billion Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV (RAPID IV) IDIQ, under which CCI Speer has placed five task orders worth $5.3 million combined potential value for spacecraft accommodation studies (Atmosphere Observing System variants, Landsat Next, AXIS), and a $1.843 billion multiple-award IDIQ from Space and Missile Systems Center (April 2026, through April 2036) for space domain awareness mission technologies and space-based systems. The vendor also places work under Air Force indefinite-delivery vehicles FA880621D0003, N0017321D2001, and FA460021D0001, though task-order volume under these vehicles is lighter.

Activity has grown substantially year over year. In the past five years, awards increased from four in 2022 to ten in 2025, with eight awards logged in 2026 to date. Eight awards with ultimate completion dates falling within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $824.7 million, representing recompete exposure. Service Contract Inventory reporting shows SCI-captured federal invoicing of $31.3 million in FY2022, $33.4 million in FY2023, $204.9 million in FY2024, and $444.2 million in FY2025, reflecting growth in contract vehicles and task-order velocity. The SCI dataset shows roughly 38 to 540 FTEs delivered across these service contracts by fiscal year, with the sharp FY2024–FY2025 ramp driven largely by ROOSTER and helioswarm work ramping. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, government-paid rates run with a median around $191.59 per hour, ranging from a 10th percentile of $151.73 per hour to a 90th percentile of $405.87 per hour, reflecting a mix of engineering labor and specialized mission operations support.

CCI Speer operates primarily as a prime (74% of awards) and self-performs most labor on those primes. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for an average of 7 percent of total contractor hours, with ten named subs engaged across the portfolio for specialized materials, components, propulsion systems, and space operations support. Named subcontracting relationships include work to Aerojet Rocketdyne (propulsion), Honeywell Aerospace (inertial navigation and aeronautical systems), Beyond Gravity Sweden AB (separation systems and payload adapters), Peraton Inc. (Exploration and Space Communications Division), and ASRC Federal System Solutions LLC (satellite command and control). In its subcontractor role, CCI Speer delivers spacecraft subsystem support and mission operations labor under primes including The Pennsylvania State University (Swift X-ray telescope ground station), Peraton Inc. (space communications and navigation sustainment), Peraton Enterprise Solutions LLC (IT command and control maintenance), ASRC Federal System Solutions LLC (satellite and ground command and control), KBR Wyle Services LLC (ground systems and mission operations sustaining engineering), AI Solutions Inc. (orbital propagation support), and The Trustees of Princeton University (Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission support). This subcontracting pattern reflects CCI Speer's role as a specialized spacecraft systems integrator anchored to prime work with NASA and the Air Force rather than a broad service-delivery platform feeding larger defense primes.