Defense contractor Lockheed Martin will team with Alaska's state-owned aerospace corporation to pursue a U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract to maintain and improve the country's ground-based missile defense system, the companies announced Thursday.
The system is designed to defend against intermediate- and long-range ballistic missiles, and is a main component of the nation's overall missile defense system. Interceptor missiles are stationed at Fort Greely, Alaska, about 100 miles south of Fairbanks, and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Boeing was picked over Lockheed Martin as the original prime contractor for the system. But the Missile Defense Agency on May 14 issued an amended draft request for proposals for a "re-compete."
A final request for proposals is expected this summer, with a five-year contract awarded early next year. The military has valued the contract at about $600 million per year.
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