Global Hawk

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $89.3 million cost plus award fee contract modification for the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program includes the design build and test of a family of radars systems employed on the Global Hawk platform.

The undefinitized contract action is for the radar integration into the Global Hawk system, which includes all air vehicles, ground stations and support segment modifications required to support full radar functionally.

The work will be complete in September 2009.

Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting organization.

Northrop was also awarded an additional $7.1 million cost plus fixed fee contract.

This effort is for the operation of the Global Hawk system in a forward theater of operations for a classified length of time, which includes personnel, equipment, logistics and communication support.

The work will be complete by July 2006.