Article: MDA Initiates Search For Missile Defense Targets Prime Contractor.(Brief Article)

By Kerry Gildea

The Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) targets and countermeasures program office said it intends to select a prime contractor responsible for providing target systems for testing in the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) program.

"Target systems" refers to all necessary components of a target such as boosters, reentry vehicles and payloads such as countermeasures, instrumentation and sensor packages, MDA said in an Aug. 30 notice in the Federal Business Opportunities. The prime contractor will be responsible for planning and executing all aspects of the BMDS targets program to include, but not limited to, systems engineering and ...

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