What Are the Top Honeywell Government Contracts?

Honeywell International Inc. is a top federal government prime and subcontractor based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Its largest customer bases are the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. In 2021, Honeywell reported $3.9 billion in total sales to the U.S. government, mainly through its aerospace segment. Know the top Honeywell government contracts here!

1. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Reservation Cleanup Contract, $8.3 Billion

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• Year: 2021
• Contracting Activity: Department of Energy
• Contract type: Indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ)
• Contract duration: 10 years

In October 2021, United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR), a Maryland-based joint venture between Amentum, Jacobs, and Honeywell, was awarded a contract worth $8.3 billion from the Department of Energy. Under the Oak Ridge Reservation (Tennessee) Cleanup contract, UCOR is responsible for the following:

• Cleanup and remedial actions at the 2,200-acre East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) Complex
• Cleanup of 200 excess and contaminated facilities at the Y-12 National Security Complex and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Development, construction, and operations of the new onsite disposal facility, the Environmental Management Disposal Facility
• Surveillance and maintenance of other facilities and core functions for central and project services

2. Department of Defense’s GPS Navigation System Modernization, $3.5 Billion

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• Year: 2020
• Contracting Activity: Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
• Contract type: IDIQ
• Contract duration: 15 years

In February 2020, Florida-based Honeywell Inc. received a potential $3.5 billion contract award from the Defense Department. Under the contract, Honeywell will produce, sustain, and provide technical engineering services for the U.S. Air Force and foreign military customers’ Embedded GPS Inertial Navigation System Modernization (EGI/EGI-M) Program.

The Pentagon-wide task order will enable GPS receivers to securely transmit new military signals for space (M-code) transmissions with less jamming. The task is being performed in Clearwater, Florida, with an expected end date of December 2035.

3. National Nuclear Security Administration’s Contract to Manage Sandia National Laboratories, $2.6 Billion

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• Year: 2016
• Contracting Activity: National Nuclear Security Administration (Department of Energy)
• Contract duration: 10 years

In December 2016, Honeywell’s wholly-owned subsidiary, National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia (NTESS) received a contract award worth $2.6 billion from National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

Under the contract, Honeywell will manage and operate Sandia National Laboratories, a research and development laboratory of the NNSA in Albuquerque. This laboratory is a part of the Pulsed Power Program meant to revolutionize next-generation facilities by concentrating electrical energy and turning it into short pulses of enormous power. NTESS receives support from Northrop Grumman and Universities Research Association for the contract performance.

4. U.S. Army’s Tank Engine Improvements Contract, $1.1 Billion

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• Year: 2020
• Contracting Activity: U.S. Army
• Contract type: Requirements contract
• Contract duration: 5 years (2 base years with 3 optional years)

In December 2020, the U.S. Army awarded a $1.1 billion modification contract to Honeywell Aerospace, Phoenix, to continue supporting the M1 Abrams tank. This contract continues the Total InteGrated Engine Revitalization (TIGER) III program that started in 2005. It aimed at improving AGT1500’s operations and reducing service costs.

AGT1500 powers the M1 Abrams vehicles to significantly improve the engine’s durability, efficiency, and effectiveness (.e.g., enhanced fuel economy and vehicle range). The work is expected to finish by September 2025.

5. U.S. Air Force’s Logistics Support For Power Systems, $1 Billion

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• Year: 2018
• Contracting Activity: U.S. Air Force
• Contract type: Performance-based sustainment contract
• Contract duration: 10 years

In October 2018, the U.S. Air Force selected Honeywell Aerospace for its $1 billion contract to provide full logistics support for secondary power systems and ground-based auxiliary power systems of several aircraft types, including:

• F-15 Eagle tactical fighter
• F-16 Fighting Falcon multirole fighter
• A-10 Thunderbolt II
• B-1B Lancer
• B-2 Spirit
• E-3 Sentry
• C-130 Hercules
• Ground stage carts

Phoenix office manages the task order, while a large portion of the work on turbine engines is being done in Utah. It is expected to finish by July or August 2028.

6. NASA’s Systems Management and IT Work Contract, $785.2 Million

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• Year: 2003
• Contracting Activity: NASA
• Contract type: Cost-plus-award-fee, IDIQ
• Contract duration: 5 years

In October 2003, Honeywell Technology Solutions. Inc., Maryland, won two contract awards with a combined worth of $785.2 million from NASA. The Near Earth Networks Services (NENS) contract was made up of two components, which were the NENS core component, worth $185.2 million, and the IDIQ component, with a maximum worth of $600 million.

Honeywell was responsible for the following:

• Supporting NASA’s Space and Ground Networks, which is managed by the Maryland-based Mission Services Program at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
• Assisting in spacecraft operation and mission data collection, and assisted with communications.
• Providing tracking services and data acquisition operations at different facilities, including White Sands Complex (New Mexico), Wallops Flight Facility (Virginia), Poker Flat (Alaska), and more.

7. U.S. Army’s Engine Production Contract for the Chinook Fleet

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• Year: 2021
• Contracting Activity: U.S Army
• Contract type: IDIQ
• Contract duration: 4 years

In March 2021,  Honeywell received a $476 million contract award from the U.S. Army to provide spare T55-GA-714A engines for the CH-47 Chinook fleet of helicopters. U.S. Army Chinook Program will support future missions for heavy-lift helicopters and military troops and spare engines for the Philadelphia Production Line of Boeing to serve the U.S. Army and partnering countries’ new aircraft requirements.

Production, testing, and assembly are performed at Honeywell’s production facility in Phoenix. Currently, Honeywell’s T55 engines, which use 8% less fuel than its predecessor, have accumulated 12 million operational hours on Boeing’s MH-47  and CH-47 Chinook helicopters.

8. NASA Ground Systems and Mission Operations Support Contract, $450 Million

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• Year: 2011
• Contracting Activity: NASA
• Contract type: Cost-plus-award-fee, IDIQ
• Contract duration: 5 years

In August 2011, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Maryland, won a contract award worth $450 million from NASA. Under the contract, Honeywell rendered ground systems and mission operations support for the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This included Earth and space science missions, including Solar Dynamics Observatory, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Geotail, Terra, Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, and Aura.

Moreover, the contractor supported all phases of mission operations, including formulation development, concept studies, decommissioning, and sustaining engineering. The contract period ran from November 2011 to October 2016.

About Honeywell International Inc.

Honeywell International is a Fortune 100 company founded in 1906. It delivers aerospace, control technologies, and performance products and services to over 80 countries. Honeywell’s leaders and executives add value to its unique ability to provide solutions with competitive advantages in markets they serve across the company’s business areas.