SAM #N00019-24-RFPREQ-WPM262-0416

NAVAIR awards Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton retrofit and engineering support

The Department of the Navy’s NAVAIR Headquarters awarded MQ-4C Triton engineering retrofit and related program support to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation. - Government buyer: Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Headquarters, Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons. - Award and OEM: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC), identified as the sole designer and manufacturer of the MQ-4C Triton, received the sole-source award valued at $66,041,453. - Awarded effort: Recurring engineering retrofit work incorporating multiple Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) into fielded MQ-4C aircraft for the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force. - Broader procurement scope: Developmental and sustaining engineering; operational and safety improvements; hardware and software procurement and upgrades; testing, integration, airworthiness, cybersecurity, reliability, and requalification support; retrofit kits; and potential additional aircraft or operating bases. - Notable requirement: The notice cites unavailable technical data and specialized knowledge, and states that competition would cause substantial duplication of cost or unacceptable delay. The attachment describes NGSC as the sole source and indicates that developing another source could take up to eight years. - Order details: Quantities, part numbers, and delivery requirements are not specified in the provided materials and may be established by individual orders. This is an award announcement, not a request for proposals.

Description

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), NAS Patuxent River, MD, awarded Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC), San Diego, CA, a sole source Delivery order N0001927F1026 under BOA N0001925G0003 in the amount of $66,041,453 on 5 October 2026.  in support of the MQ-4C program. The delivery order is for the procurement of recurring engineering retrofit effort to incorporate multiple Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) into fielded aircraft in support of the United States Navy (USN) and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

This acquisition was pursued on a sole-source basis under statutory authority of under Title 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.103-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements per Class Justification & Approval (CJ&A) 25-0131 – redacted version attached to this announcement. As the sole designer, developer and manufacturer of the MQ-4C Triton UAS, NGSC is the only known responsible source possessing the engineering data; technical skills; and requisite knowledge of the design, fabrication, performance, and operational characteristics of the MQ-4C UAS required to perform the necessary follow-on production efforts within the required timeframes and without substantial duplication of cost and unacceptable delay.

Note: THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. Companies interested in subcontracting opportunities should contact Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation – Aerospace Systems attention: Vicky Harper-Hall, Socio-Economic Programs Sector Manager, email: vicky.harper-hall@ngc.com or phone (310) 331-3824.

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