$191 Million NAVSEA Ballistic Missile Defense Support Contract

Written on March 10, 2008 – 9:44 pm | by Frontier India Strategic and Defence |

General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded a contract by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to provide support to the Missile Defense Agency’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) program directorate. The contract has a total potential value of $191 million over five years if all options are exercised.

Under the contract, General Dynamics will provide systems engineering and program management assistance to Aegis BMD for production, fleet introduction and fleet operations and support. The company also will provide test and evaluation engineering management and safety, quality and mission assurance engineering; and support international programs including Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and cooperative development activities.

General Dynamics has provided similar services to Aegis BMD and its predecessor organizations since 1999 and has partnered with the U.S. Navy to define and develop its BMD program since its inception in the early 1990s.

Aegis BMD will provide the capability for the U.S. Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers to detect, track, intercept and defeat short, medium and long range ballistic missiles in the ascent, midcourse and terminal descent phases of ballistic missile flight.

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