Next-Gen Missile Production: Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC Wins $235.7M Contract

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems Inc., Northridge, California, is awarded a $235,695,564 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract provides for the production and delivery of 118 low rate initial production Lot Three AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) to include 84 AGM-88G AARGM-ER All Up Rounds (AURs) for the Navy; 34 AGM-88G AARGM-ER AURs for the Air Force; six AGM-88G AARGM-ER Captive Air Training Missiles; eight Telemetry/Flight Termination System kits for the Navy, ten dummy air training missiles for the Air Force, as well as initial spares, special tooling and test equipment kits, and associated supplies and support. Work will be performed in Northridge, California (61%); Rocket Center, West Virginia (32%); and Ridgecrest, California (7%), and is expected to be completed in February 2027. Fiscal 2023 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $167,425,430; fiscal 2023 missile procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $68,254,585; and fiscal 2022 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $15,549 will be obligated at time of award, $15,549 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1). Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001924C0008).