Award Date For Missile Defense Contract Slips

By Amy Butler .

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is extending the time needed to review proposals from contractors vying for a contract worth up to $10 billion for 10 years of work sustaining the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) missile shield system.

Lockheed Martin/Raytheon and Boeing/Northrop Grumman are locked in a duel for the work. MDA had ...

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