Alaska Public Media:
The Pentagon’s decision last week to cancel a billion-dollar contract held by Boeing Co., due to problems with the “kill vehicle” payload on interceptor missiles like those at Fort Greely, won’t affect the expansion project under way at the Army post’s missile-defense base.
Pentagon officials say they canceled Boeing’s $1.2 billion contract because of ongoing problems with the so-called “kill vehicle” that sits atop the interceptor missiles. Officials with the Raytheon Co., which builds the component, reportedly say they’ve struggled to correct design and manufacturing problems that have increased the kill vehicle program’s costs.
But Missile Defense Agency spokesperson Mark Wright says that decision won’t stop expansion work under way at the missile base on Fort Greely.
