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MDA Awards Northrop Grumman $541 Million In Hypersonic Missile Defense Work After Downselect

MDA Awards Northrop Grumman $541 Million In Hypersonic Missile Defense Work After Downselect
Artist concept of Northrop Grumman’s Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) concept for the Missile Defense Agency (Image: Northrop Grumman)

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] $541 million in five, single year firm-fixed-price contract options as part of it winning the competition to develop and build the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI). The award, announced Nov. 13, is part of the current research and development Prototype Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement with the company. The contract increases that current agreement from nearly $292 million to about $833 million. The DoD announcement confirmed this award is in…

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