Northrop Grumman Surpasses $1 Billion Subcontracted to Small Businesses Under Missile Defense Contract
July 12 2016 - 11:06AM
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has exceeded $1 billion
subcontracted to small businesses under the U.S. Missile Defense
Agency's Joint National Integration Center Research and Development
Contract (JRDC).
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The company celebrated the milestone with two events last month
– in Huntsville, Alabama and Colorado Springs, Colorado – as small
businesses in those two areas were the most significant
contributors to the JRDC.
"This extraordinary achievement demonstrates the strong
commitment of the Missile Defense Agency and Northrop Grumman to
small business partnerships and supplier diversity," said Dan
Verwiel, vice president and general manager, missile defense and
protective systems division, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems. "$1
billion to small businesses is a tremendous number under a single
contract. What I consider equally impressive is consistently
meeting and exceeding the tough JRDC small business goals for more
than a decade.
"Together with the Missile Defense Agency, we made a long-term
pledge to bring together multitalented and diverse portfolios
offered by small businesses to support our nation's ballistic
missile defense capabilities," said Verwiel.
Northrop Grumman awarded 49 percent of its JRDC subcontracting
effort to small businesses. The small business teammates and
suppliers are in various classes of small business concerns
including small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business,
HUBZone small business, veteran-owned small business and
service-disabled veteran-owned small business.
During government fiscal year 2015, Northrop Grumman
subcontracted more than $7 billion to approximately 9,500
suppliers. Some 37 percent, or $2.68 billion of those subcontracted
dollars went to small business suppliers. Northrop Grumman has met
and exceeded the 23 percent small business statutory goals for more
than 10 consecutive years and has received numerous awards for its
global supplier diversity programs.
As the Missile Defense Agency's prime contractor of the JRDC
since late 2005, Northrop Grumman leads the highly interdependent
activities necessary to enhance the Ballistic Missile Defense
System (BMDS) and bring capability improvements to warfighter
operations, including: BMDS-level modeling and simulation, ground
and flight tests, war games, military exercises, mission-critical
operations and enterprise networks. Those efforts involve
operations at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado; Huntsville,
Alabama; Fort Belvoir, and many other global locations.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in autonomous systems,
cyber, C4ISR, strike, and logistics and modernization to government
and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
CONTACT: Sudi Bruni
858-592-3407
sudi.bruni@ngc.com
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