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

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/n0001923rfpreqwpm2080013

- Solicitation number: N00019-23-RFPREQ-WPM208-0013
- Notice type: Award notice
- Status: Awarded to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for $127,319,699.08
- Department: Department of the Navy
- Agency: Department of the Navy
- Contracting office: Naval Air Systems Command (N00019)
- NAICS: 336414 Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 1410 Guided Missiles
- Place of performance: Chandler, Arizona
- County: Maricopa County (FIPS 04013). https://abierto.us/counties/maricopa-county-az-04013
- City: Chandler. https://abierto.us/cities/chandler-az-0412000
- First posted: March 31, 2026
- Last posted: March 31, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/136cea9df1d940e680773ee9f80a60c2/view

## Description

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.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (UEI F9PAEKAAXGB6)
- Contract: N0001926C0122, definitive contract
- Obligated: $127,319,699.08
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: award number N0001926C0122 equals the contract number; same awarding office N00019 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N0001926C0122_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- March 31, 2026: Award notice. Notice 136cea9df1d940e680773ee9f80a60c2. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/136cea9df1d940e680773ee9f80a60c2/view

## Points of contact

- Deirdre Bulger, deirdre.a.bulger.civ@us.navy.mil
- Marianne Wild, marianne.g.wild.civ@us.navy.mil

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