The Missile Defense Agency has formally launched a contest to scale back Boeing's decade-long grip on the entire development and sustainment prime contract for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, publishing a request for proposals for the first of two planned full-and-open competitions for future GMD work that will be in addition to a guaranteed, but smaller, continued role for Boeing. On Oct. 29, MDA published an RFP for the next Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Weapon System (GWS) Program , a...
