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Northrop Grumman Lands $13
Billion Deal for New Nuclear
Missiles
Northrop Grumman in Chatsworth, CA. has been awarded a $13.3 billion engineering and manufacturing development contract for the U.S. military’s next-generation intercon- tinental ballistic missile system, the Air Force announced in September.
The Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, or GBSD, program aims to replace the aging Minuteman III nuclear-armed ICBMs that first became operational back in 1970. The legacy platforms have already undergone significant life-extension efforts in the intervening years.
The EMD phase of the program is expected to last eight-and-a-half years and include weapon system design, qualification, test and evaluation and nuclear certification. Upon successful completion, the Northrop Grumman team will begin producing and delivering a fully integrated weapon system, the company said in a press release.
The GBSD program is projected to be worth up to $85 billion. The Air Force hopes to have the next-generation weapon online in the late-2020s.
Northrop Awarded $422M MDA
Contract to Provide Missile Boost
Vehicles
Northrop Grumman‘s space systems business will deliver at least six missile boost ve- hicles to the Missile Defense Agency under a potential 10-year, $421.6 million indefinite- delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.
The Department of Defense said MDA is also procuring spare BV components for the anti-ballistic missile component of the U.S. Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, as well as software and hardware repair, upgrade and maintenance support.
The contract has a base value of $233.9 mil- lion and two option periods that, if exercised, will bring it to its ceiling amount and extend the expected completion date to August 2031.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems will conduct work in Chandler, Arizona; and Magna, Utah.
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