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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

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This one was awarded in 2026

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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.

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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 for $127,319,699. SAM.gov, notice 136cea9df1d940e680773ee9f80a60c2

    1 revisions on SAM
    • March 31, 2026: publish, award notice

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