BAE Systems Awarded $45M Strategic Deterrent Integration Support Modification Contract

BAE Systems has been awarded a $45 million modification to exercise an option on previously awarded contract for Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) integration support.

Contractor will provide schedule management, acquisition program documentation, program risk management, strategic planning, quality assurance, logistics planning, business and financial management, data rights, data management, systems engineering, trade studies, technical studies, and integration needs for the GBSD, US Department of Defense said in a statement Thursday.

Work is expected to be complete by July 23, 2018.

Fiscal 2016 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $210,511; and 2017 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $6,162,699 are being obligated at the time of contract modification with the remaining balance to be incrementally funded with 2016, 2017 and 2018 research, development, test, and evaluation  funding.