Top

15 -- GLOBAL HAWK PROGRAM J&A AMENDMENT

Active

Reference-Number-GHPJA01Federal

Contract Overview

Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.

AI Contract Overview

The contract pertains to the ongoing procurement and support of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems managed by the Global Hawk Systems Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It covers a wide range of requirements through fiscal year 2012, including systems engineering, program management, development tasks, and the provision of test infrastructure for various phases such as Development Test and Evaluation, Initial Operational Test and Evaluation, and Operational Assessments. Additionally, it supports pre-operational logistics, flight test demonstrations, systems integration, sustainment, contingency operations, and configuration management related to Global Hawk Air Systems, Mission Control Elements, Launch and Recovery Elements, and Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suites. Financially, the contract outlines previous expenditures from 2001 to FY2006 with significant investments in Engineering and Manufacturing Development, Low Rate Initial Production, and limited quantities for later production phases. Estimated funding from FY2007 to FY2012 projects continued development and production with a notable increase in Low Rate Initial Production funding and additional Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contracts. The contract is awarded on a sole-source basis to Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems, identified as the only responsible source, with opportunities for subcontracting. Work under this contract requires SECRET-level security clearance or higher, secure facilities, and capabilities in manufacturing, integration, secure data link communications, subcontractor management, and collaboration with government acquisition offices.

General Info

Procurement and support of Global Hawk UAV systems, including development, testing, production, and sustainment.

Agency

N/A

NAICS

336411 - Aircraft Manufacturing

Place of Performance

Not specified

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

No documents available

Documents will appear here when they are available.

AI Contract Breakdown

Uniform Contract Format

No documents to break down

The breakdown needs solicitation documents. None were found from this contract's source.

Timeline

PostedApr 17

special-notice

Ready to pursue this opportunity?

Start your free trial to track this contract, build proposals with AI assistance, and manage your pipeline.

Organization & Contact Information

AgencyN/A

Contacts1 person available

OfficeN/A

Organization / Agency

N/A

Office AddressN/A

Contacts

Tina L GreenContract Negotiator

contact@example.gov

+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

This Synopsis for informational purposes only due to update of the Global Hawk Program Justification and Approval (J&A). The Global Hawk Systems Group, Contracting Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Aeronautical Systems Center, anticipates the continued procurement of unmanned aircraft system assets through fiscal year 2012. Requirements for these procurements in support of the Global Hawk System include, but are not limited to, Systems Engineering and Program Management (SE/PM) and development tasks, test infrastructure (includes planning, coordination, data reduction and analysis, Development Test and Evaluation (DT&E), Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E), Operational Assessment (OA) and Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) support and pre-operational logistics support of test assets supporting tests, exercises and demonstrations, studies and related data; Global Hawk Air Systems (AS), Mission Control Elements (MCE), Launch and Recovery Elements (LRE), Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suites (E-ISS), engineering updates, configuration management, flight test demonstrations, systems integration, support segments, sustainment, contingency operations demonstrations and exercises.The Air Force's contract values by Fiscal Year in Then Year $ Millions 2001 through FY2006 are as follows: EMD - 1739; LRIP - 1159, LSC - 112; and BOA - 62. The Air Force's estimated values by Fiscal Year in Then Year $ Millions FY2007 through FY2012 are as follows: EMD - 1032; LRIP - 3166, LSC - 54; BOA - 4; and IDIQ - 591 The Government continues to release solicitations for these requirements, as needed, on a Sole Source basis IAW FAR 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source" being Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems, located at 17066 Goldentop Road, Rancho Bernardo, CA, CAGE Code 78022. *Subcontracting possibilities do exist. The proposed effort involves work classified at the SECRET level with potential to go higher. Interested firms must possess capabilities to meet the following criteria: -ability to manufacture, integrate and test the Global Hawk UAV with related ground segment, -ensure the AV sensor suites for the Global Hawk and associated ground station components interact through secure BLOS or LOS data links including the receipt of airborne system health status, -demonstrate efficient subcontractor and vendor product acquisition management including working with other Government communications, sensors, and ground station developers, -possess experience in interacting with Government acquisition program offices, -ability to obtain a U.S. SECRET level security clearance -provide a secure facility for the development and production of all Global Hawk systems components including Automated Information Systems.