Contract: Northrop, $59.6M

The Air Force is modifying a cost plus award fee contract with Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., of San Diego, Calif., for $59,608,897. This action will provide engineering, manufacturing and development infrastructure activities in support of the Global Hawk program. 303 AESG/SYK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (Source: DoD, 03/13/09) Gulf Coast note: Global Hawks are built in part in Moss Point, Miss.