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MDA Extends Standard Missile Contract

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $241-million contract modification for the continued design and development of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA, the company said yesterday. The Standard Missile is a central component of sea-based missile defense carried out aboard Ticonderoga-class (CG-47) cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers equipped with the Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. The sea-based system is designed to defend against short-and intermediate-range ballistic missile threats, and has been among the…

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