Northrop Grumman Wins $475M Contract For Ballistic Missile Defense System Program

The US Missile Defense Agency has awarded a $475 million contract to Northrop Grumman to develop and field simulation models of a Ballistic Missile Defense System, or BMDS, and its capabilities.

According to the contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, Northrop Grumman will develop, test and field complex modelling and simulation techniques and tools used to model BMDS capabilities.

The release says that task order one for program management services will be valued at more than $9.8 million, and task order two, which will provide Ballistic Missile Defense System development, will be valued at more than $143 million.

Work will occur in Alabama, Colorado and California, with the ordering period under the contract expected to close in March 2023.

The MDA has obligated $100,000 to Northrop Grumman for task order one, and $3.3 million for task order two from fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation funds.