Northrop Grumman Awarded $71.4m Contract Modification

Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $71,452,262 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification under previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2105) for planning yard, design, configuration management and logistics support for new construction, operational, conversion and decommissioning submarines, and modernization support for operational and decommissioning submarines. The contract will provide for engineering, technical and design support, configuration management support, Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), and database management support for new construction. This effort will support SSN 688, Seawolf, Virginia, SSBN, Trident-UK, and SSGN Class submarines. This modification combines support of the U.S. Navy (99 percent) and the United Kingdom (1 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2007. Contract funds in the amount of $31,438,995 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.