Northrop Grumman Systems Corp

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp, Weapons System Division, is a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation that manufactures small arms ordnance components, weapon system subsystems, and provides operator and maintainer training support to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (54% of recent awards) and subcontractor (46%) under full-and-open, unrestricted competition with no set-aside designations.

The division operates from Mesa, Arizona and specializes in manufacturing ordnance and small arms accessories—bolt carriers, breech assemblies, barrels, cannon components, and related weapon system hardware—alongside training delivery for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle-30 program. Representative prime work includes a $1.9 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the U.S. Marine Corps running through September 2027 for operator and maintainer training courses supporting the ACV-30 equipped with the MK44 30x173mm cannon, with recent delivery orders valued at $41,501 (April 2026, two five-day maintainer courses), $20,146 (March 2025, one five-day maintainer course), and $46,652 (October 2023, two three-day operator courses and one five-day maintainer course). The division also holds purchase orders with Naval Sea Systems Command for GCU firmware development ($149,651, August 2025) and envelope drawing production ($239,480, August 2025), and supplies ordnance components to the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime under recurring purchase orders for breech assemblies, automatic gun barrels, and small arms parts. The division manufactures ordnance components and provides subcontract support to defense primes: Boeing supplies multiple Apache helicopter structures and post-production support sub-awards (October 2023 through August 2025, Apache full-rate production for lots 12–15 and post-production support for Saudi Arabia), and DRS Sustainment Systems places recurring sub-awards for Mobile Low-Small Unmanned Aerial System cannon components, spares, and training support (July 2023 through August 2025).

Customer concentration is defense-heavy and concentrated among three primary funding agencies. The U.S. Marine Corps anchors the dollar value at $2.1 million combined potential across seven awards (dominates the prime contract footprint), while the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime holds the highest award count at fourteen orders valued at $471 thousand combined potential, and Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for four orders worth $400 thousand. The Army acquisition offices (PEO Missiles and Space and PEO Aviation) together account for eighteen awards but do not appear in the potential-value rankings, suggesting their work centers on lower-value hardware purchase orders. These five agencies account for 93% of award activity.

The division holds positions on three Army-managed indefinite delivery contracts: Indefinite Delivery Contract W31P4Q20D0031 (ten task orders, primary vehicle for Army PEO Missiles and Space work), Indefinite Delivery Contract M6785422D0078 (six task orders, $182 thousand combined potential value), and Indefinite Delivery Contract W58RGZ20D0005 (three task orders).

Activity trajectory shows decline from a peak of fourteen awards per year in 2022–2023 to eight in 2024, with nine awards in 2025 and one award to date in 2026. The recompete cliff is minimal: only one award with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carries $42 thousand in combined potential value, indicating limited near-term exposure to major contract competition or renewal.

Award data reflects a mixed scope between manufacturing ordnance and ordnance accessories (19 awards under NAICS 332995, Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing) and airframe and aircraft subsystems work (8 awards under NAICS 336411, Aircraft Manufacturing), with engineering services (3 awards) supporting both streams. PSC distribution is weighted to small arms and ordnance procurement (ten awards under PSC 1150, Guns Through 30MM) and engineering/technical support (seven awards under PSC J199, Support Professional Engineering/Technical). The division competes in an unrestricted posture with no HUBZone, 8(a), SDVOSB, or other set-aside designations across the represented footprint.