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Pentagon awards $67.8M contract for Ballistic Missile Defense System by James Laporta Washington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2018 MacAulay-Brown Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Missile Defense Agency for development and services to support the Ballistic Missile Defense System. The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $67.8 million under a competitive cost-plus-fixed-fee level of effort contract. The contract enables to MacAulay-Brown Inc., out of Dayton, Ohio, to provide "agency advisory and analytical support in support of technical, engineering, advisory and management support," according to the Defense Department. The Pentagon said the contract supports development and deployment of the Ballistic Missile Defense System. Work on the contract will occur in multiple locations across the United States and is expected to be complete by April 2023. More than $1.4 million will be obligated to MacAulay-Brown Inc. at time of award from fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation funds, said the press release.
Estonia calls for deployment of Patriot missiles and US troops Washington (AFP) April 5, 2018 Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid called for US Patriot missiles and troops to be deployed to her small Baltic state Wednesday, telling AFP it was necessary to make deterrence "believable" for Russia. In an interview coinciding with her visit to the White House, the conservative leader said the deployment of American materiel and personnel would bolster existing NATO troop deployments - launched in response to Russia's more bellicose posture. "We want to be sure that both NATO's territory and ... read more
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