Defense World Net:
Orbital ATK has been awarded a $182 million contract for the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Type 3 Configuration 2 target system including production equipment, logistics, associated support equipment, system engineering and analysis, and mission operations. Work is expected to be completed by Oct. 30, 2020. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and three offers were received, US department of defense Thursday.
Fiscal 2016 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $25,500,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity.