Northrop Grumman Corp and Lockheed Martin Corp said Wednesday they would seek to unseat Boeing Co from running the core U.S. missile defense system, a potential $200 million a year deal.
Northrop Grumman, the Pentagon’s No. 3 supplier by prime contract value, plans to compete “vigorously” for the GMD contract, Lon Rains, a spokesman for the company’s Redondo Beach’s Aerospace Systems sector, told Reuters.
Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon’s No. 1 supplier by sales, is “really pursuing” a shot at operating and sustaining the Ground-based Midcourse Defense, or GMD, said John Holly, the company’s senior executive in Huntsville, Alabama, a hub of efforts to build a layered shield.
In February, Boeing, the Pentagon’s No. 2 supplier and the GMD prime contractor, won a one-year $250 million Missile Defense Agency contract for GMD maintenance and operations support.
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