WASHINGTON - Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Airborne Early Warning & Electronic Warfare Systems, Bethpage, New York, is being awarded $47.5 million for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 0055 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-10-G-0004) for non-recurring engineering and development of five French E-2C compatible AN/ALQ-217 electronic support measures units for the government of France under the Foreign Military Sales program. In addition, this delivery order includes hardware and software modifications required for compatibility with the French E-2C aircraft, modification kits, aircrew and maintenance training, publications, post-installation ground and flight testing, and technical data. Work will be performed in Owego, New York (43 percent); Melbourne, Florida (40 percent); Cuers, France (9 percent); Dayton, Ohio (4 percent); Norfolk, Virginia (2 percent); Rolling Meadows, Illinois (1 percent); and Redwood City, California (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2018. FMS funds in the amount of $37.4 million will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

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