Boeing secures $5B Missile Defense Agency contract

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Boeing a $5 billion Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) System Integration, Test and Readiness (SITR) contract.

“Boeing’s proposal offered decades of experience in weapon systems integration, anchored by the unique expertise of our people,” Boeing Missile and Weapon Systems Vice President and General Manager and Weapon Systems and Huntsville Site Senior Executive Cindy Gruensfelder said. “We’re proud to continue to support the mission-readiness of this critical missile defense capability for the nation.”

The Department of Defense (DoD) said the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract possesses a maximum dollar amount of $5,021,000,000. The system integration, test, and readiness (SITR) contractor is responsible for the overall Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Element engineering integration that includes physical and logical integration of the GMD Element and components.

Boeing has supported the GMD system from its inception 24 years ago through development, sustainment, and test operations. The system has been on alert for nearly 18 years and serves as the nation’s sole protection against intercontinental ballistic missile threats.

Officials said an established workforce, infrastructure, and supply chain positions Boeing will begin execution on the SITR contract, with the work primarily occurring at the Boeing site in Huntsville, Ala.