NORTHROP GRUMMAN WINS $15.2M MOD FROM U.S. NAVY TO INTEGRATE ZPY-8 RADAR ON MQ-8C FIRE SCOUT UAV
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Systems of San Diego, Calif., a $15.2 million modification (#P00004) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-17-C-0036) for the integration of the original equipment manufacturer ZPY-8 radar into the MQ-8C Fire Scout. This modification includes the initial radar A-kit installations into the MQ-8C Fire Scout and additional non-recurring engineering.
The contract work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (54.28 percent), Ozark, Ala. (36.64 percent), San Diego, Calif. (7.48 percent), Edinburgh, U.K. (1.57 percent), and Santa Clarita, Calif. (.03 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2020.
The Navy has obligated $1.3 million in Fiscal Year 2017 Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation funds at the time of the award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.