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Astrium, Raytheon Team To Compete For NATO BMD Work

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 10th, 2013

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EADS’ Astrium space unit and Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said they signed a teaming agreement formalizing the companies' plans to compete for the role as lead system engineers and integrators for NATO’s Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program. Standard Missile-3 Photo: Raytheon NATO's BMD Program oversees the development and execution of ballistic missile defense capabilities, which expanded in 2012 to include the defense of European populations and territories. "This transatlantic team has a proven, successful track record supporting national and NATO missile…

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