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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Boeing and Northrop Grumman Submit Proposal for Missile Defense Competitive Contract

Here, the team's proposal is loaded for delivery to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency in Huntsville.The Boeing Company and industry partner Northrop Grumman Corporation today submitted their joint proposal for the competitive development and sustainment contract for future work on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the United States' ballistic missile defense system.

"This development and sustainment contract proposal is backed by the full commitment of Boeing, Northrop Grumman and all of our team members," said Dennis Muilenburg, president and CEO, Boeing Defense, Space & Security.

"We have been privileged to have been partners with the Missile Defense Agency through the development and deployment of the GMD system, and now with Northrop Grumman, we will bring to GMD over 50 years of experience in sustaining and modernizing the Minuteman ICBM weapon system. We look forward to continuing that partnership in this next phase of the GMD program."

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