U.S. awards Lockheed $407M to advance Aegis missile defense in Guam

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a $407 million contract modification to continue engineering and development work on the Aegis Guam System, pushing the total value of the underlying Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Weapon Systems contract past $1.9 billion. The modificatio

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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a $407 million contract modification to continue engineering and development work on the Aegis Guam System, pushing the total value of the underlying Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Weapon Systems contract past $1.9 billion. The modification covers work running through December 2029. Lockheed Martin’s Moorestown, New Jersey […]

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