Lockheed Martin Corporation and the Boeing Company will partner to provide the
Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with a solution for the Kinetic Energy
Interceptor (KEI) requirement. The two companies will jointly submit a
proposal to the agency in March. Lockheed Martin will lead the team, and
Boeing will be the principal teammate.
Lockheed Martin has assembled the company’s most experienced missile
defense talent to provide the MDA with a flexible, creative approach to the
Kinetic Energy Interceptor program. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
in Dallas, TX, will lead the team with significant contributions from Lockheed
Martin’s space systems and naval surveillance systems operations. Boeing
Missile Defense Systems will complement the team with its own extensive
missile defense experience.
“Lockheed Martin and Boeing will combine each company’s strengths and
experience in missile defense to ensure that the Missile Defense Agency and
our nation receives the best solution available for a new ground, multi-use
interceptor,” said Mike Trotsky, Lockheed Martin vice president of air and
missile defense programs. “Together, we will provide the MDA with the most
proven and affordable capabilities available today to meet the ground-based
objectives, and continuing into the future with a seamless transition to a
sea-based capability.”
“This team brings complementary talent and experience to the KEI effort,”
said James W. Evatt, senior vice president and general manager of Boeing
Missile Defense Systems. “This new capability will be an important part of
the evolution of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, and we look forward to
working with Lockheed Martin to provide MDA an innovative solution.”
The Request for Proposals (RFP) released by the MDA in February calls for
responses from contractors or teams with experience in weapon system
integration, booster development, kill vehicle development, launcher
development/integration, integration with external sensors, battle management,
command, control and communications and missile production. Lockheed Martin
and Boeing are world-class providers of systems and solutions in all of these
areas and each company has a proven track record of success that dates back to
the earliest missile defense programs.
Lockheed Martin is a world leader in systems integration and the
development of air and missile defense systems and technologies including the
first operational hit-to-kill missile defense system. It also has
considerable experience in missile production, infrared seekers, battle
management command, control and communications, precision pointing and
tracking optics as well as radar and signal processing. The company makes
significant contributions to all ten major U.S. Missile Defense Systems and
participates in several global missile defense partnerships.
Boeing Missile Defense Systems is a proven leader in systems integration,
and is uniquely capable of developing and integrating key elements of the
Missile Defense Agency’s global system.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, is one of
the world’s largest space and defense businesses. Headquartered in St. Louis,
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $25 billion business. It provides
systems solutions to its global military, government and commercial customers.
It is a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance;
surface and air launched weapons, the world’s largest military aircraft
manufacturer; the world’s largest satellite manufacturer, a leading provider
of space-based communications; the primary systems integrator for U.S. missile
defense; NASA’s largest contractor; and a global leader in launch services.
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