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MDA Awards $10 Million Contract Mod To MTSI For Improved Missile Defense Modeling Tools

Monday, November 6th, 2017

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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Modern Technology Solutions Inc. (MTSI) a $10 million modification Oct. 23 to increase a contract ceiling under an effort to develop models of new interceptor and sensor concepts for missile defense development.The modification raises the value of a 2014 contract to almost $35.5 million. The work aims to develop new interceptor and sensor concepts; algorithms spanning the breadth of functionality of interceptor and sensor on-board systems; and high-fidelity closed-loop simulations of interceptors, sensors, and tools and…

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