Triton MQ-4C Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 7

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded a Fixed Price Incentive Firm, Cost Plus Fixed Fee, and Firm Fixed Price Modification for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 7. The modification to Contract N00019-19-C-0008 was awarded 13 March 2025. The modification was not awarded competitively. The modification was awarded in accordance with the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition, title 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1, which states that only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), NAS Patuxent River, MD, intends to negotiate and award an Advance Acquisition Contract (AAC) for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 7 in Fiscal Year (FY)23 and a fixed price type contract for LRIP Lot 7 in FY24 to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGC), San Diego, CA, on a sole-source basis to procure the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) and related suppliers and services.

The LRIP Lot 7 AAC will procure long lead items (e.g. components, material, parts, and associated efforts) required to maintain the planned production schedules for the United States .... Read More