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Top Companies To Vie For Possible Multibillion-Dollar Missile Defense Sustainment Contract

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Thursday, March 26th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic The top three U.S. defense companies will vie for what could be up to a $2 billion contract for services to sustain the U.S. silo-based missile defense system, industry executives acknowledged on Tuesday. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will open a competitive Performance Based Logistics acquisition later this year for future operations and sustainment support for the Ground- Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, the government said last year. The contract will cover 5-10 years beginning in fiscal…

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