Contract: Northrop, $78M

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, Calif., has been awarded a $78,066,102 firm-fixed-price delivery order under a basic order agreement for initial Global Hawk Block 40 spare parts. Work will be performed at Warner Robins Air Force Base, Ga., and is expected to be complete by Sept. 24, 2018. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal year 2012 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $78,066,102 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (FA8620-13-G-0001) Gulf Coast note: Central fuselage work on Global Hawks is done in Moss Point, Miss.