Northrop Grumman Wins $120M Navy Contract for COLUMBIA Launcher Materials

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. – Marine Systems (NGSC-MS) of Sunnyvale, CA was awarded a $120,012,705 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, (N0003026C1013), for COLUMBIA Development Launcher Program (CDLP) Fiscal Year 2025 – 2029 Long Lead Material (LLM). Tasks to be performed include the advance procurement of the Launcher Subsystem LLM in support of the CDLP Common Missile Compartment (CMC) program. This contract award also benefits a foreign military sale to the United Kingdom. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, California. Work is expected to be completed by May 31, 2028. Fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) in the amount of $1,284,367 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Fiscal 2024 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) in the amount of $22,573,501 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Fiscal 2025 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) in the amount of $64,589,968 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is being awarded as a sole-source acquisition pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1) and was previously synopsized on the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) online portal. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.