Computer Sciences Corp. Federal Sector in Falls Church, VA received a cost-plus-award-fee contract modification: a non-competitive $243.1 million extension to the existing contract for scientific, engineering and technical assistance support to the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Program. Work will be performed in the following areas: system engineering, integration, test and evaluation, operations, security, and business management. The main effort will take place at Computer Sciences Corp. in Arlington, VA, but work will also be performed in Fairfax, VA and Huntsville, AL. This work involves a 15-month base period and two six-month options, and is expected to be complete by January 2008, inclusive of options. The Missile Defense Agency issued the contract (HQ0006-03-C-0003). See also:
* eDefense Situational Awareness backgrounder re: GMD
* DID (Dec 24/05) – Boeing Installing Missile Defense Shield
* RAND corp. (1999) – Planning a Ballistic Missile Defense System of Systems: An Adaptive Strategy