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Boeing EMD Contract For Brigade Combat Team Modernization Ends This Month

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

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Boeing’s [BA] engineering and manufacturing development contract for Brigade Combat Team Modernization (BCTM) will come “to an orderly close,” as directed by the Army Acquisition Executive. The EMD contract ends two years early--it would have ended in 2013 had the program gone forward. The initial contract was potentially valued at $3.2 billion when it was awarded in 2009. A July 29 Army Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM), obtained by Defense Daily, said: “The PEOs will ensure that all hardware software and…

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