ASRC wins MDA Contract

The Missile Defense Agency recently awarded ASRC Federal Analytical Services Inc. the Missile Defense Data Center contract to provide comprehensive test product data management services across MDA in support of the Ballistic Missile Defense System. "It is an honor and privilege to accept responsibility for helping operate this key national asset that supports the warfighter in defending our nation and our allies against the growing missile defense threat," said Paul Dillahay, ASRC Federal president and CEO.

The ASRC Federal ASI team will provide a wide range of data management services to MDA, including data center operations; support of test design, planning and products; and analysis infrastructure operations for the Ballistic Missile Defense System. Under the MDDC contract, ASRC Federal ASI will support development, sustainment and modernization operations of Ballistic Missile Defense System dedicated test data management and data analysis lab infrastructure; test data transfer network connections; and distributed operations systems and servers. (Read more)

Raytheon to upgrade AN/TPY-2

Raytheon Company has started upgrading the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar's signal and data processing equipment (SDPE) to enable the "brains" of the radar to more quickly and accurately discriminate threats from non-threats and enhance radar performance to protect against missile raids.

An integral element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), AN/TPY-2 is a mobile X-band radar that helps protect the U.S., warfighters and America's allies and security partners from the more than 6,300 ballistic missiles that, according to U.S. intelligence estimates, are not controlled by the U.S., NATO, China or Russia. "Raytheon is building on the AN/TPY-2's record of outstanding performance by improving the system because rogue states are constructing more ballistic missiles that have longer ranges and are increasingly more sophisticated," said Dave Gulla, vice president of Global Integrated Sensors in Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems business. "The security of the U.S., our warfighters and our allies depends on having reliable, capable systems like the AN/TPY-2 to help counter the growing ballistic missile threat."

KBR to Build European Missile Facility

KBR Inc. recently won a contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District, to support the first land-based ballistic missile defense system of the continent at the Deveselu Air Base of Romania. Spanning a 269-acre plot, the Deveselu Air Base was jointly selected by the United States and Romania for the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System. The Aegis Defense system will be the first land-based alternative of the Navy’s shipboard Aegis Air and Ballistic Missile Defense System. (Read more)