FA865023C9313: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION

Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense): DEFENSE EXPERIMENTATION USING COMMERCIAL SPACE INTERNET CALL 003 MULTI-BAND, MULTI-ORBIT SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIMENTS

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About end dates: Period of performance end date as reported to USAspending; recompete timing is not guaranteed.

The record

USAspending.gov · updated Sep 24 07:18ZVERIFIED

End date: Feb 25, 2027 (current period of performance end, in about 3 months)
Start date: Jun 2, 2023
Awarded (base date): Jun 2, 2023
Value on record: $180.3M obligated
Incumbent: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION Company profileUEI LEMLXG994AU3Recipient profile on USAspending (opens in a new tab)
Award type: Contract or order, definitive contract
Codes: PSC AC13 · NAICS 541990
Why it counts as space: Wording: "satellite"

As reported to USAspending.gov and observed by SpaceNexus on Sep 24, 2026.

Options and competition

USAspending award detail · updated Nov 5 07:10ZVERIFIED

Potential end date: Feb 25, 2027 (if every option is exercised)
Base and all options: $191.3M
Base and exercised options: $180.3M
Total obligated: $180.3M
Offers received: 1
Extent competed: full and open competition
Set-aside: no set aside used.
Contracting office: FA2385 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL RSKD

Changes we have observed

Oct 20, 2026 The award record was modified (last modified Jul 15, 2026). record (opens in a new tab)

Teaming finder: who else won related work

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Rule: awards from Department of the Air Force in the last 5 years with the same product/service code family (AC1) or NAICS group (5419), space work by the same rule as the radar, to anyone but the incumbent. Ordered by number of related awards, then obligated value. Coverage is the same as the radar's: full history for the companies we track, the last 120 days for everyone else, so a small business with older related awards can be missing.

Possible teaming partners
Company	Related awards	Obligated	Latest	Matched on
ROGUE SPACE SYSTEMS CORP Company profilee.g. FA945322CA036, FA945322CA045, FA945322CA073	8	$2M	Sep 1, 2022

Everything else NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION holds that ends soon: incumbent page.

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