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Missile Defense

MDA Issues First RFP For GM Futures To Split Development, Sustainment Work

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021

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MDA Issues First RFP For GM Futures To Split Development, Sustainment Work

A Missile Defense Agency Ground-Based Interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. as part of Flight Test Ground-Based Interceptor (FTG)-15. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) for the next Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Weapon System (GWS) Program, the first step in reducing Boeing’s [BA] hold on development and sustainment work. In April the MDA issued the draft RFP for this solicitation, which seeks a contractor to design, develop, test and field the next GWS Program (Defense Daily, April 21). GWS is part of an effort to split the current GMD system development and…

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