The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intends to make a sole-source award to Boeing Co. to continue serving as lead contractor on the primary U.S. missile defense shield, according to a notice issued by the agency March 21. Boeing has been prime contractor on the Ground-based Mid-course Defense (GMD) system since its inception in 1998 and now is under contract through 2008. The system is still in testing, with two intercept tests, each more difficult than the preceding one, scheduled for this year, Scott Fancher, vice president of Arlington, Va.-based Boeing Missile Defense Systems, said at a March 25 media briefing.
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