$10.77M End-of-Life Purchase: Northrop Grumman to Supply Key Components for APY-9 RADAR

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Melbourne, Florida, is awarded a $10,768,532 firm-fixed-price contract (N0001925F0036) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001920G0005). This contract procures a lifetime quantity of 4-inch silicon carbide transistor wafers. The end-of- life buy is required to maintain production, spares, and repairs for the APY-9 RADAR’s primary power supply, power amplifier module in support of the E-2D aircraft. Work will be performed in Durham, North Carolina (90%); and Baltimore, Maryland (10%), and is expected to be completed in February 2027. Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,768,532 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.