The company will maintain, repair and overhaul the engine technology as well as sustaining engineering and program management support, the Defense Department said Tuesday.
F137 currently powers USAF’s RQ-4 Global Hawk and the U.S. Navy‘s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems.
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) produces the two UAS platforms.
Both services branches will obligate a total of $8.2 million at the time of award from their fiscal 2018 operations and maintenance funds.
Rolls-Royce will perform contract work at Tinker AF Base in Oklahoma and in Montreal, Canada, through June 30, 2024.