Northrop Grumman snags a whopping $3.3 billion missile contract

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Huntsville’s Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $3.3 billion contract by the Missile Defense Agency for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Weapon System (GWS) program.

Under the terms of the contract, the company will provide design, development, verification, deployment and sustainment support of new capabilities for GWS.

Northrop Grumman delivering ‘end-to-end capabilities’ for U.S. defense

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The GWS program defends the United States against intermediate and intercontinental ballistic missile attacks, and the GWS program award builds on the company’s decades of mission-proven missile defense innovation, experience and end-to-end capabilities.

The GWS program team will primarily be located in Huntsville including its large and small business partners.

“As the GWS prime contractor, we will continue to work closely with MDA to optimize and develop modern missile defense systems to defend against evolving threats and provide advanced capabilities for the warfighter. GWS is part of Northrop Grumman’s land and sea-based missile defense 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 United States and its allies.”
Scott Lehr, vice president and general manager, launch and missile defense systems, Northrop Grumman

What will the GWS do?

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GWS will transform the current ground system component of the GMD system by utilizing a DevSecOps approach leveraging proven digital transformation processes to update and modernize legacy code, warfighter capabilities, and incorporate the Next Generation Interceptor fleet into the overall GMD system.

Officials with the company elaborated, saying, “Northrop Grumman’s team will bring in the best experts to design, develop, verify, produce and deploy the most innovative system possible to address current and evolving threats.”

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