Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it added some 11 companies to its team in the pursuit of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment Contract.
MDA has said it will issue a final request for proposals for GMD Development and Sustainment this year and award the contract in 2011. The contract will entail development, manufacturing, test, training, operations support and sustainment support of the GMD element.
Lockheed Martin already named strategic partner Raytheon [RTN] and partners Alaska Aerospace and NANA Development Corp.
“These companies form a best-of-industry team that provides unmatched credentials for this critical missile defense contract,” Mathew Joyce, GMD vice president and program manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., said in a statement. “Each partner company brings the technical know-how, domain expertise and mission understanding needed for the development and sustainment of this key strategic asset.”
The team also reflects what Joyce characterized as the key role of Alabama in the Ballistic Missile Defense System.
If it wins the contract, as prime contractor and systems integrator, Lockheed Martin’s program office would be headquartered in Huntsville, Ala., with operations at each GMD site,
The contract calls for work to be done at Fort Greely, Alaska, Eareckson AS, Alaska, Schriever AFB, Colo., and Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
Lockheed Martin said its new partner companies are Huntsville-based:
Dynetics Inc. would perform cyber support training and systems engineering principally in Huntsville and Colorado Springs, Colo., including information assurance, modeling and simulation, system analysis, ground and flight-test support and training.
QuantiTech Inc., one of several Huntsville-based small businesses on the team, would provide Ground-based Interceptor (GBI) support primarily in demilitarization and disposal planning.
ARES Corp. would perform engineering services for reliability, availability and maintainability.
CohesionForce Inc. would provide software and system engineering services for ground systems development, as well as test and evaluation services for the system.
IroquoiSystems Inc. would perform engineering services for modeling and simulation and open architecture framework.
The company also revealed nation-wide partner companies:
ATK [ATK] would manufacture and provide maintenance and sustainment support for GBI components.
Bechtel National Inc. would provide proven expertise on launch site components (LSC), including engineering support for operations, maintenance and upgrades of the LSC it designed, supplied, and installed, and will perform schedule integration for the operational asset management system.
Harris [HRS] would provide maintenance and sustainment for the in-flight interceptor communications system data terminal, a key component providing the data link to send target updates from the GMD Fire Control to the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle.
Imprimis Inc. would provide training support services at Huntsville, Colorado Springs, Vandenberg and Fort Greely.
Oregon Iron Works Inc. would perform silo refurbishment.
TDX Power Inc. would provide facility expertise for the missile field power supply.
The previously named Alaska-based Alaska Aerospace Corp. would provide operations and maintenance support at Fort Greely and Vandenberg, and NANA Development Corp.’s Sivuniq and Akima Logistics Services companies would provide logistics management, engineering and supply support services at Fort Greely and Huntsville.