MQ-4C Triton DMS LTB Procurement

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, MD, has awarded a Firm Fixed Fee (FFF) Delivery Order

Modification, N00019-20-G-0005 N00019-21-F-0806 P00013, to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, San Diego,

CA, on a sole source basis. This modification procured hardware with known Life of Time Buy (LTB) dates to address

Diminishing Manufacturing Sources (DMS) to support the development and sustainment of MQ-4C Triton

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for the Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

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 MQ-4C Triton UAS 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 MQ-4C UAS required to perform the necessary

follow-on production efforts within the required timeframes and without substantial duplication of costs.