By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said they responded to a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Request for Information (RFI) on the future acquisition strategy for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program. "The GMD team includes partners Orbital, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Bechtel and Teledyne Brown, and each partner brings important elements to the system," Scott Fancher, vice president and general manager of Boeing Missile Defense Systems, said. "However, GMD's successful performance is not measured by its individual…
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