The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.4 billion contract for production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors on behalf of Saudi Arabia, a major down payment toward a planned $15 billion acquisition by the desert kingdom of seven THAAD batteries. On July 19, MDA obligated $340 million on behalf of Riyadh to Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Dallas, TX, as part of a $1.4 billion firm-fixed-price contract modification that allows the Saudis to piggyback...