Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $7.4m cost-plus-fixed-fee, level of effort contract for systems development, engineering services, and feasibility studies for the CVN 79. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by October 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-07-C-2116).