The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Boeing a sole-source, six-year, $6.6 billion contract modification to modernize and sustain the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program, extending the company's role managing all aspects of the guided-missile interceptor program until 2023 and raising the potential value of the contract originally awarded in 2011 to $12.6 billion. On Jan. 31, MDA announced the undefinitized modification to Boeing's original GMD development and sustainment contract, a move that comes just three weeks after the agency announced it...
