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Raytheon Wins $600 Million Missile Defense Test Contract

Raytheon Wins $600 Million Missile Defense Test Contract
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) awarded Raytheon [RTN] an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to a maximum of $642 million to conduct ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) test activities for radar platforms, the Defense Department said last Friday.The test activities will include planning, executing, and analyzing sensor performance in missile defense flight tests and ground tests for each test event as defined in the BMDS integrated master test plan (IMTP).The Defense Department said the radar test effort includes sensors modeling and…

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