The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract worth up to USD963.5 million for the support of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ground subsystems, the company announced on 19 January.
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The five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract begins with an initial award value of approximately USD4.4 million, according to a Northrop Grumman press statement.
"Our team will assist in continually assessing and sustaining the ICBM ground subsystems segment," said John Parker, director of weapon systems sustainment and modernisation at Northrop Grumman's technical services division.
The hardware consists of three solid-propellant rocket motors, the Propulsion System Rocket Engine (PSRE), two interstages, an aft skirt, a raceway cable system, all the control equipment for the nozzles and safing devices, and ordnance and batteries.
The programme management support, engineering services, and emergency response to USAF requests will be performed by Northrop Grumman personnel at Hill Air Force Base in Utah; in Omaha, Nebraska; at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California; and in San Bernardino, California.
Boeing also competed for the contract. Company spokeswoman Queena Jones said on 19 January that Boeing "has requested a debrief regarding the air force's decision". The company will evaluate its options after it receives that information.
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