Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation Electronic Systems Division, headquartered in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, is a major subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation specializing in advanced radar systems, electronic warfare components, microelectronics solutions, and foreign military sales (FMS) support delivered as a full-and-open prime contractor across defense agencies. The division competes predominantly without set-asides and operates across 5,267 federal awards spanning research, development, production, repair, and sustainment work for tactical and strategic platforms.

The division's capability portfolio centers on four core domains grounded in recent contract work: F-16 and F-35 Active Electronically Scanned Array radar repair and return services for allied operators (illustrated by a $3.88 million lay-in spare parts and repair order from Air Force Materiel Command in March 2025 and a $2.28 million AESA radar repair cost-share order in December 2025); progressive microelectronic capability solutions addressing obsolescence and reliability challenges across defense systems (exemplified by a $45.1 million advanced technology delivery order from PEO Missiles and Space in July 2025 for aircraft system microelectronics and a $39.5 million Air Force delivery order in September 2025 for communication system validation); specialized electronic component manufacturing and procurement including antenna assemblies, power supplies, receivers, and cable assemblies (represented by multiple Naval Supply Systems Command delivery orders in the $100,000 to $900,000 range for antenna assemblies and wideband receivers); and advanced microelectronic research and development under Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency vehicles (including a $4.66 million DARPA compact filter contract awarded January 2025 and a $4.84 million P-TAC Phase 2 contract for accelerated microelectronics acquisition in May 2025).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense-related demand. The top five funding agencies account for 49% of awards by count: Department of the Air Force (954 awards, $193.1 million potential value), Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (519 awards, $1.08 billion potential value), Department of the Army (375 awards, $8.8 million), Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command (364 awards, $286.1 million), and the Department of the Navy broadly (363 awards, $1.5 million). By potential-value concentration, the picture shifts dramatically: Defense Microelectronics Activity dominates with 221 awards carrying $44.45 billion in combined potential value—reflecting the division's extensive portfolio on Advanced Technology Support Program V (ATSP V), a multi-billion-dollar microelectronics IDIQ awarded April 1, 2026, with a $25.357 billion ceiling. Air Force Materiel Command and its subordinate logistics complexes (Wright-Patterson, Ogden) anchor $5.24 billion in combined potential value across radar repair, sustainment, and FMS work.

The division holds three major parent vehicles anchoring its task-order activity. Advanced Technology Support Program III generated 341 task orders worth $1.43 billion combined potential value; Advanced Technology Support Program IV (ATSP4) placed 214 task orders carrying $3.13 billion; and ATSP V (the newer multi-award microelectronics vehicle) represents the volume ceiling going forward. On the single-award side, a $303.6 million F-16 AESA radar repair IDIQ with Air Force Materiel Command (awarded December 9, 2025, running through December 2030) and a $488 million radar post-production sustainment IDIQ for F-16 AN/APG-66/68 systems (Ogden Air Logistics Complex, May 2026 through October 2035) anchor FMS and core sustainment work. A Naval Air Systems Command Basic Ordering Agreement for Multi Function Active Sensor spares, repairs, and engineering services (established August 2025 through August 2030) supports naval radar platform work.

Recent activity shows modest contraction: the division received 59 awards in 2026 (partial year), down from 124 in 2025 and 153 in 2024, reflecting the tail of FY2025 and early FY2026 execution. Within the next twenty-four months, 179 awards carrying combined potential value of $1.22 billion face completion, creating significant recompete exposure—particularly renewal of ATSP vehicle positions and F-16 radar sustainment contract extensions with Air Force Materiel Command. SCI-reported invoiced revenue (a subset capturing federal service contracts above $150,000) totaled $8.7 million across FY2022–FY2025, with FY2023 peak at $5.1 million and 8.7 FTEs; the dramatic drop to $110 thousand in FY2025 reflects the division's shift toward product and microelectronics work outside SCI reporting scope. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, median government-paid rates ran around $157.45/hr, with senior labor pricing through the 90th percentile at $286.49/hr, and subcontractors accounted for roughly 4% of total contractor hours.

The division primarily builds its own delivery teams and manufactures components in-house rather than operating as a feeder subcontractor, though recent awards show selective subcontracting for specialized functions: a July 2025 ATSP4 order for aircraft microelectronics included named subs Fiber Systems International (fiber optic cable), Powell Electronics (connectors), Sterling Computers (IT equipment), and Cambium Networks (wireless broadband); a May 2025 DARPA contract drew Southland Technology (small business computer hardware) and Sherburn Electronics (small business electronic components). The division holds a minority role as a subcontractor to larger primes including Raytheon Company (SIP 25+ NRE work in December 2025), Lockheed Martin Corporation (support equipment and accelerator card work), and DCS Corporation (active protection system engineering). As a subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation leverages its parent's established infrastructure, federal relationships, and contracting authority but operates with distinct profit center accountability and specialized technical focus on radar, microelectronics, and electronic warfare systems for defense applications.