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MDA Orders $867 Million In SM-3 IIA Missiles For U.S. And Japan

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MDA Orders $867 Million In SM-3 IIA Missiles For U.S. And Japan
An SM-3 Block IIA was launched from the USS John Finn (DDG-113) on Nov. 16, 2020, as part of FTM-44 to evaluate the feasibility of the SM-3 Block IIA capability to defeat an ICBM threat. (Photo: U.S. Missile Defense Agency)

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] an $867 million contract on June 14 to buy an undisclosed number of Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block IIA All-Up Round missiles for the U.S. and Japan. The work for the sole-source manufacture and assembly contract will occur in Tucson, Ariz., and Huntsville, Ala., and is expected to be finished by December 2026. At the time of award obligated funding was split between $250 million in fiscal year (FY) 2021 Defense-wide procurement…

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