Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation Propulsion Systems-Bacchus Division, doing business as Propulsion Systems - Bacchus, operates as a subsidiary division of Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and serves the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on specialized rocket motor and missile system technical services, predominantly through indefinite delivery contracts with the Naval Strategic Systems Programs and Missile Defense Agency. The division competes full-and-open with no set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

Propulsion Systems - Bacchus specializes in highly technical propulsion system support services: rocket motor disposal, demilitarization, refurbishment, storage, testing, program management infrastructure, propulsion performance assessment and evaluation, and operational maintenance for strategic missile programs. The division is headquartered in Magna, Utah, where it maintains specialized facilities supporting the Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant and operates as a manufacturer of guided missiles and space vehicle propulsion components. Representative prime work includes a $22.589 million definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded March 26, 2026, by Naval Strategic Systems Programs for FY26 capital maintenance at NIROP through March 31, 2030; a $7.784 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded June 30, 2025, also by Naval Strategic Systems Programs for propulsion performance assessment and evaluation services through June 29, 2030; and a $3.623 million delivery order from the Missile Defense Agency awarded March 1, 2025, for ORION aging and surveillance support including motor storage and transportation infrastructure through August 31, 2026.

Customer concentration is stark and binary. The Naval Strategic Systems Programs accounts for 69 awards (112.3 million in combined potential value), dominated by capital maintenance and program management support for the Trident II (D-5) Sea-Launched Ballistic Missile, a Major Defense Acquisition Program under Acquisition Category IC. The Missile Defense Agency accounts for 12 awards (173.2 million in combined potential value), primarily covering rocket motor technical services for Orion 50 XL, Orion aging and surveillance, and static test motor operations. NASA Johnson Space Center has placed four awards, smaller in scope. Together these three agencies represent 100% of tracked awards; no commercial or civilian federal agency work is present. The Missile Defense Agency leads by potential dollar value despite a lower award count, reflecting that MDA orders carry significantly larger individual ceilings ($3.6 million to $6.4 million per delivery order) compared to Naval Strategic Systems Programs ($377 thousand to $22.6 million).

The division holds two primary indefinite delivery contracts: an IDC with Missile Defense Agency (contract HQ085922D0002, $37.903 million ceiling, extending through April 12, 2027) with nine task orders totaling $21.6 million in combined potential value, and an IDC with Naval Strategic Systems Programs (N0003021D2043, $42.5 million ceiling through March 2026) with six task orders totaling $2 million in combined potential value. These vehicles are the primary procurement mechanism for all recent delivery orders.

Activity shows substantial volatility. The division received 15 awards in 2022, dropped to 6 in 2023, surged to 47 in 2024, then returned to 13 in 2025, with 1 award year-to-date in 2026. This spike in 2024 reflects clustering of task orders under existing IDVs rather than new vehicle awards. Three awards (combined potential value $28.5 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore enter recompete exposure. The division's combined obligated dollars across all awards total $982.8 million against $285.6 million in combined potential value, indicating prior-year work and task order modifications continue to drive obligations.

Propulsion Systems - Bacchus operates predominantly as a prime contractor (27% of recent awards as prime, 73% as subcontractor). On the prime side, the division builds delivery teams using construction and specialized trade subcontractors for facility maintenance work — Wollam Construction Company LLC, Graybar Electric Company Inc., Mountainland Supply LLC, M S Dansie And Sons Construction Inc., and Precision Systems Engineering Inc. on capital maintenance contracts; Elite Systems Control Inc. and Industrial Supply Co Inc. on motor technical services. Across SCI-reportable service contracts, the division reported $3.2 million in invoiced federal revenue from FY2022 through FY2024 (274 thousand in FY2022, $2.3 million in FY2023, $652 thousand in FY2024), with an average sub-hours share of 23% on prime contracts and two named subcontractors identified in the SCI dataset. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable contracts span a median of $113.93 per hour with senior labor pricing through $301.24 per hour.

As a subcontractor, Propulsion Systems - Bacchus operates almost exclusively under Lockheed Martin Corporation as prime, performing on the Trident II (D-5) missile production and deployed systems support contract. Sub-awards to Propulsion Systems - Bacchus under Lockheed Martin span weapon system development, SRM (solid rocket motor) services, guided missile components, production and operations contracts for Orion, life extension studies, and emergent engineering requirements — representing deep integration into Lockheed's Trident II and Orion platforms. The sub-award cadence has accelerated notably since 2024, with 51 modifications or funding actions under Lockheed primes between March 2024 and March 2025 alone, signaling active utilization of the subcontractor relationship for incremental development and production support.

The division's federal footprint is narrowly focused on strategic deterrence and missile defense: 36 awards span guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing NAICS, 24 span R&D in the physical and engineering sciences, and 20 span engineering services. This concentration reflects exclusive work on Trident II sustainment, Trident II life extension, and Orion aging infrastructure — all programs of strategic and enduring importance to the Navy and MDA.