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Northrop Grumman and Boeing Partner for Missile Defense Sim Effort

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Friday, October 1st, 2010

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Boeing [BA] Sept. 27 said they've formed a strategic partnership to pursue the potential $850 million competitive contract for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Objective Simulation Framework (OSF) that will integrate the MDA's modeling and simulation architectures. Northrop Grumman Sept. 14 said it would bid as prime contractor on the contract (Defense Daily, Sept. 15). "The MDA has an essential need to more efficiently validate Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) performance through the increased use of…

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