Germany in talks with Lockheed Martin over ‘fragile’ missile defense program

December 9, 2019

Defense News:

COLOGNE, Germany – German defense officials are negotiating with contractors Lockheed Martin and MBDA Deutschland about a bid proposal for a next-generation antimissile program that the government believes is missing crucial components, according to a new defense ministry report.

Information about the status of the high-profile TLVS program, short for Taktisches Luftverteidigungssystem, is included in the latest, unclassified portion of a biannual assessment by the defense ministry on the progress of key military acquisition programs.

The document constitutes the defense ministry’s first public evaluation of the U.S.-German industry consortium’s second and final bid, submitted in June.

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