Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $32,851,099 for modification P00001 to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-17-C-0036) for integration of the original equipment manufacturer radar into the MQ-8C Fire Scout, including, completion of the integration design, systems engineering technical review events associated with the integration design; modifications to Fire Scout software baselines required for the integration; formal qualification testing/system integration testing; A-kit fabrication and installation to support system test and evaluation and ground and flight test. Work will be performed in Rancho Bernardo, Calif. (71 percent); Edinburgh, United Kingdom (20 percent); and Santa Clarita, Calif. (9 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2020. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 05/03/17) Fire Scouts are built in part in Moss Point, Miss.
