2022-09-01
Northrop Grumman to Lead U.S. Homeland Missile Defence Program
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a maximum amount of US$3,286,745,005 by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for the Ground-based Midcourse Defence (GMD) Weapon System (GWS) programme.
The GWS programme defends the U.S. against intermediate and intercontinental ballistic missile attacks. Under this competitively procured contract, Northrop Grumman will provide design, development, verification, deployment and sustainment support of new capabilities for GWS.
“As the GWS prime contractor, we will continue to work closely with MDA to optimise and develop modern missile defence systems to defend against evolving threats and provide advanced capabilities for the warfighter,” said Scott Lehr, vice president and general manager, launch and missile defence systems, Northrop Grumman. “GWS is part of Northrop Grumman’s land and sea-based missile defence systems that are enabled by our advanced missile warning and tracking space satellites. Together, we are delivering end-to-end capabilities that will protect the U.S. and its allies.”
GWS will transform the current ground system component of the GMD system by utilising a DevSecOps approach leveraging proven digital transformation processes to update and modernise legacy code and warfighter capabilities and incorporate the Next Generation Interceptor fleet into the overall GMD system.
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