The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD expects to award a firm fixed price contract modification under NAVAIR contract N00019-05-C-0040 to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for Ground Support Equipment for the BQM-74E Aerial Target System. Northrop Grumman is the designer, developer, and sole producer of the BQM-74E Aerial Target. Only Norhtrop Grumman has the technical expertise and access to the propritary data necessary to produce this ground support equipment in the time frame required.