
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] firm-fixed-price modifications to extend the current refinement of their hypersonic missile defense concepts for the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program. The awards will specifically allow the companies to extend the contract performance period to “continue to develop and refine their Glide Phase Interceptor concept during the materiel solutions analysis phase,” the announcement said. Raytheon was awarded a $29.5 million modification, increasing its total contract value to about $92…