
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is seeking industry comments on why a solicitation for a contract to design, develop, test and field the next Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Weapon System (GWS) only received one bid so it can improve the process going forward. This came after MDA awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $3.287 billion contract last July to design, develop, test and field the next GWS program (Defense Daily, Aug. 1, 2022). The GMD system seeks to protect the U.S.…