Northrop Gets $964M ICBM Support Contract

The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman's Herndon, VA-based Technical Services unit a $963.5 million contract for intercontinental ballistic missile ground subsystems support, according to a Pentagon statement.

Work on the five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will entail "sustainment engineering, technical assistance and program management services for ground subsystems to include sustainment, assessment, system modification and technical support" of ICBMs siloed at Hill Air Force Base, UT, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, Malmstrom Air Force Base, MN, Minot Air Force Base, ND, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, WY, and Offutt Air Force Base, NE, as well as in Colorado Springs, CO and Needham, MA, the Jan. 14 statement reads.

"This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with two offers received," the Air Force said, adding that nearly $4.4 million in fiscal year 2015 operations and maintenance funds have been obligated at the time of award.