Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) have announced their partners who will help them pursue the competitive development and sustainment contract for future work on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.
“Boeing is proud to have partnered with the Missile Defense Agency as prime contractor of GMD for more than a decade, working with more than 170 companies to make GMD an operational reality, ” said Greg Hyslop, vice president and general manager, Boeing Strategic Missile & Defense Systems. “The Boeing and Northrop Grumman GMD development and sustainment contract team covers every aspect of the GMD program. Our unmatched experience on GMD enables us to assemble the best team possible for this critical national security capability, and to ensure the lowest cost through our competitive procurement process.”
The list includes industry heavyweights Harris (NYSE: HRS) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN).
“Northrop Grumman is excited about the opportunity provided by the GMD competition to expand our relationship with Boeing from GMD teammate to strategic partner, as well as the opportunity to continue leveraging the contributions of our large and small business teammates in the development, deployment and support of this critical capability to protect the United States against attack by ballistic missiles, ” said Karen Williams, vice president of Air and Missile Defense Systems for Northrop Grumman’s Information Systems sector.
Here’s the complete list of participants:
- Alaska Metrology Calibration Services Inc. – Anchorage, Alaska
- All Points Logistics Inc. – Titusville, Fla.
- Davidson Technologies Inc. – Huntsville
- Delta Industrial Services Inc. – Delta Junction, Alaska
- DESE Research Inc. – Huntsville
- Dynetics Inc. – Huntsville
- Harris Corp. – Melbourne, Fla.
- Issac Corp. – Colorado Springs, Colo.
- Jeskell Inc. – Seattle
- nLogic – Huntsville
- Orbital Sciences Corp. – Chandler, Ariz.
- Oregon Iron Works – Clackamas, Ore.
- Penta Research Inc. – Huntsville
- Raytheon Missile Systems – Tucson, Ariz.
- Trident Group Inc. – Madison, Ala.
- Victory Solutions Inc. – Huntsville.
