Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, operating through its Payload and Ground Systems Division and doing business as Northrop Grumman IS, is a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, a global aerospace and defense contractor. The entity provides advanced defense solutions and engineering services focused on command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems, with particular expertise in satellite communications infrastructure, ground systems integration, and technical support for military and intelligence operations.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation has demonstrated extensive experience delivering complex engineering and logistics support services across multiple defense programs through its federal contract portfolio. The entity has received prime contract awards from the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) and the U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center totaling over $148 million in recent years. Notable prime contract awards include a $9.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract from the Space and Missile Systems Center for continued contractor logistics support related to data distribution architecture for a Foreign Military Sales case with Australia, performed in Azusa, California through March 2029, and multiple delivery orders under the Relay Ground Station-Asia program. Under the RGS-A program, Northrop Grumman received a $63.3 million delivery order for engineering services with completion in September 2026 and a $69.9 million delivery order for additional engineering services completing in December 2025, both performed in Boulder, Colorado. The company regularly partners with established subcontractors including L3Harris Technologies, Apex Systems LLC, and Prime Technical Services Inc. to augment technical and human resources capabilities. Additionally, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation has served as a subcontractor to major defense primes including Radiance Technologies Inc., Sonalysts Inc., and Lockheed Martin Corp on specialized intelligence programs focused on persistent infrared analysis, processing and exploitation software development, and advanced space systems operations, with work dating back to 2021. All prime contract awards have been issued on a full and open basis without set-aside designations, reflecting the entity's status as a large business prime contractor.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation currently holds two significant Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command. The primary active IDC, valued at $244.2 million with an ultimate completion date of April 23, 2030, covers design, procurement, development, integration, and testing of Relay Ground Station hardware and software systems capable of providing uplink and downlink capability to various space vehicles including Legacy Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous assets, Defense Support Program vehicles, Next Generation GEO systems, and Next Generation Polar space vehicles. This contract, awarded as a multiple-award vehicle on April 24, 2025, supports development of new RGS sites, upgrades to existing sites, and associated support services worldwide, with work performed under mixed pricing arrangements including cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost, and firm-fixed-price task orders over a five-year period of performance. The second IDC, valued at $139.6 million and currently active through March 31, 2027, specifically addresses the Relay Ground Station-Asia communications systems program designed to enable legacy satellite operations by providing up to six antennas, ground terminals, and associated communications and networking equipment. This single-award IDC, established in April 2022, has generated multiple task orders totaling over $139 million in obligated work supporting U.S. military and intelligence operations across the Asia-Pacific region. Both IDCs fall under the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific Relay Ground Station Hardware and Software master contract vehicle and represent critical strategic investments by NAVWAR in advanced satellite communications and ground infrastructure capabilities.