RFI for Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Garners Interest from Several Companies

摘要

The Defense Department is budgeting $944 million for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) in thernFuture Years’ Defense Plan, and a Request for Information released Jan. 23 has generated interest from multiplernpossible suitors, as the Air Force strives to employ an affordable, more accurate intercontinental ballistic missilernwith new booster stacks to replace the 1970-debuted Minuteman 3, an industry executive with project knowledgernhas told NS&D Monitor. Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are “beating the bushes” trying to findrnas much information as possible about the GBSD, while Draper Laboratories, Honeywell, General Dynamics,rnRaytheon, Orbital Sciences, ATK and Aerojet Rocketdyne have also shown interest, particularly in the possibility ofrnserving as subcontractors, according to officials.