DARPA Exercises Option on $16.2M Northrop Grumman Contract for Laser Tech Development

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Redondo Beach, California, was awarded an $8,022,753 modification (P00011) to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract HR0011-23-C-0002 to exercise the Phase Two option for the Modular Efficient Laser Technology program. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $16,178,489 from $8,155,736. Work will be performed in Redondo Beach, California (85%); and Goleta, California (15%), with an expected completion date of April 2027. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,500,000 are being obligated at time of award. The Defense Advanced Research Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.