Boeing and Northrop Grumman Receive Contract from US Missile Defense Agency

摘要

The Boeing Co. and industry partner Northrop Grumman Corp. have received the development and sus-tainment contract (DSC) from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for future work on the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the United States' ballistic missile defense system."The award is the culmination of a two-year proposal process that brought together a broad industry group committed to delivering innovative solutions and a cost-effective approach to program management and execution," says Dennis Muilenburg, President and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. "We are privileged to have been partners with the Missile Defense Agency through development and deployment of the GMD system, and now with Northrop Grumman, we are honored to continue that partnership in this next phase of the program."