Senior Pentagon officials yesterday gave the Army the go-ahead to proceed with the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the Theater High Altitude Area Defense System. The Defense Acquisition Board's decision to allow EMD to start clears the way for a $4 billion contract to prime THAAD contractor Lockheed Martin. Raytheon, which builds the radar for the THAAD program, is also due for a major deal. Both contracts could be signed by the end of the month. The schedule for...
