Fixed-Price Limits Pentagon Risk On SDB II

By Amy Butler
Washington

The $450-million fixed-price contract won last month by Raytheon to develop and build the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II will likely be a model for future deals, including the contentious KC-135 replacement, in a fiscally constrained Pentagon.

And it is giving the service confidence as it proceeds through arguably its thorniest procurement decision to date ...

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