Defence group Cobham PLC (LON:COB) said its Cobham Analytic Solutions strategic business unit has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract worth a maximum US$1.62 billion to provide advisory and assistance services to the Directorate for Engineering and the Directorate for Test at the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
Cobham will bid on task orders over the next five years in support of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, with work performed in all MDA operating locations to include Huntsville, Alabama, Washington DC and Colorado Springs.
The MDA has awarded similar contracts to four other companies. All companies have the opportunity to bid on each individual task order, which are expected to start before the end of 2010.
Cobham Analytic Solutions was formerly known as SPARTA Inc.