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Award finalized.
Defense.gov's Contracts for Dec. 23, 2025 listing confirms that Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, MD, was awarded a $59,978,362 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development related to the VEYRON effort. The entry describes development of a digital beamforming transceiver ASIC with supply-chain vulnerability mitigation (on-chip Root of Security), performance at Linthicum Heights, completion by June 30, 2028, and funding from Fiscal 2025 Office of the Secretary of War funds; AFRL Wright-Patterson AFB is the contracting activity. This directly supports the statement as accurate.