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July 22nd, 2019

Northrop Grumman Obtains NASA ETIS III Contract


Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has received a $274 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) award for NASA’s Environmental Test and Integration Services III contract.

The contract will support the NASA Goddard Engineering and Technology Directorate, which is responsible for providing multi-discipline engineering expertise to all projects within NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and managing the environmental test and integration facilities.

Under this contract, Northrop Grumman will provide environmental test and integration related services for the development and operation of spaceflight and ground system hardware and software. The work will be performed at GSFC in Greenbelt, Maryland.

In addition to this contract, the company’s Technical Services business unit also supports NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in a number of other areas and is currently the prime contractor for NASA’s Sounding Rocket Operations Contract and NASA’s Balloon Operations Contract.

John Pullen,VP, Technical Services, Northrop Grumman, said that as an established partner of NASA and the Goddard Space Flight Center, Northrop Grumman is proud to support the critical functions covered under this contract. The company's team has provided support for NASA’s environmental test and integration services at NASA GSFC since 2014 and Northrop Grumman is proud that the team’s experience will help NASA continue its exploration of the universe.