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Defense Watch: Lone GBSD Bid, Space Fence, Columbia Margin

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Friday, December 13th, 2019

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Defense Watch: Lone GBSD Bid, Space Fence, Columbia Margin

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GBSD Bids: Northrop Grumman Only. Northrop Grumman is the only company to bid on the potentially $25 billion contract to build and deploy the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD). The company confirmed Friday, at the deadline to submit bids, that it put in an offer with the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Boeing, the only other company eligible to bid, confirmed that it did not. Boeing dropped out of the competition in July, claiming Northrop Grumman has an insurmountable price…

Congress

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