Northrop-Grumman to Demonstrate Aircraft Carrier-Based UCAV

Released on Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems � Western Region, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $635,860,599 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the Unmanned Combat Air System CV Demonstration Program (UCAS-D). The purpose of the UCAS-D is to demonstrate critical CV suitability technologies for a low observable platform air vehicle in a relevant environment. Expected deliverables include trade studies, analyses, software, reports and flight test data. Work will be performed in Rancho Bernardo, Calif. (38 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (29 percent); Palmdale, Calif. (13 percent); East Hartford, Conn. (7 percent); Jupiter, Fla. (2 percent); Nashville, Tenn. (2 percent); Hazelwood, Mo. (1 percent), and various locations within the United States (8 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2013 Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured through a request for proposals; two firms were solicited and two offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity (N00019-07-C-0055).