Defense Mission Systems Secures Contract

Northrup Grumman Corp., Defense Mission Systems, Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a $6,916,010 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for radar surveillance and detection and tracking systems support. The contract contains options which, if exercised, would bring the total cumulative value of this contract to $34,045,008. Work will be performed in Dam Neck, Va. (40 percent), onboard East Coast ships (30 percent) and onboard West Coast ships (30 percent) and is expected to be completed by June 2003. Funding in the amount of $1,037,041 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured and advertised in the Commerce Business Daily, with two proposals solicited and two offers received.