Northrop and Boeing have entered into a partnership to pursue the competitive contract for the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) objective simulation framework (OSF) programme.
Northrop Air and Missile Defense Systems vice-president Karen Williams said the MDA required modelling and simulation to efficiently validate ballistic missile defence system (BMDS) performance.
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“The strategic partnership will allow us to bring our combined strengths, synergies and focus to this critical MDA programme,” she said.
MDA will award the OSF as an indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity contract with an estimated value of $850m in May 2011.
The BMDS is a complex system of sensors, interceptors and a command and control, battle management and communications network.
