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Award notice

GQM-163A Supersonic Sea Skimming Targets (SSST) Full Rate Production (FRP) Lot 18

N00019-23-RFPREQ-WPM208-0013

Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command. Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing.

Awarded

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

$127,319,699.08 on the award notice, March 26, 2026, contract N00019-26-C-0122

Description

As published on SAM.gov.

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, MD, has awarded a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract, N00019-26-C-0122, to Northrop Gumman Systems Corporation, (NGSC), Launch Vehicle Division (LVD), Chandler, AZ for the Ful Rate Production (FRP) Lot 18 of twenty-eight (28) GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea-skimming Targets (SSST) to support the United States Navy (USN), Foreign Military Sales (FMS), and Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO).

This contract was awarded on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, "Only one Responsible Source and No Other Type of Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements".

NGSC is the sole designer, developer, manufacturer, and integrator of the GQM-163A Coyote SSST and is the only responsible source possessing the engineering data, technical skills, and requisite knowledge of the design, fabrication, performance, and operational characteristics of the GQM-163A Coyote SSST required to perform the necessary follow-on production efforts within the required timeframes and without substantial duplication of costs.

The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

UEI
F9PAEKAAXGB6
CAGE
8LM16
Vendor location
Chandler, AZ
Contract
N0001926C0122, definitive contract
Obligated
$127,319,699.08
Actions
2 between March 26, 2026 and April 30, 2026
Competition
Not Competed, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
FRP-18 Gqm-163a Base Target Vehicle USN
Match
award number N0001926C0122 equals the contract number; same awarding office N00019 (high confidence)

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. March 31, 2026

    Award notice

    Awarded to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION Chandler for $127,319,699. SAM.gov, notice 136cea9df1d940e680773ee9f80a60c2

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