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NATO Selects SAIC-Raytheon Team for $95 Million Missile Defense System

Strategic Insights

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NATO's decision to move forward with the Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD) program marks a significant step in the alliance's efforts to create an integrated air and missile defense system capable of protecting its 26 member countries. The SAIC-Raytheon team has been selected over competitors Northrop Grumman and Boeing to develop and implement the six-year, $95 million program.

Key Takeaways:

  • The SAIC-Raytheon team, known as TEAM SAIC, will develop and implement the ALTBMD program, which includes an integrated test bed for the security of all 26 NATO member countries.
  • Most of the work will be done in the Netherlands, with a team composed of members from six NATO nations, including Datamat SpA, Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG, European Aerodynamic Defence Systems (EADS)- Space, Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG), QinetiQ, Raytheon, Thales, ThalesRaytheonSystems, and the Netherlands' Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO).
  • TEAM SAIC will design and operate an integration test bed under the contract using a firm fixed-price approach.
  • The ALTBMD program will put in place an interoperable and integrated command/control center that will provide individual member country's missile defense assets to be used for the common protection of NATO and its territory.
  • The program is driven by the world's developments, where terrorists are sponsored by states that have weapons of mass destruction and ballistic delivery means, as well as the proliferation of these technologies to those terrorist states.
  • The SAIC-Raytheon team brings together a combination of capabilities, including advanced architectures, modeling, simulation, and extensive prototyping, to help the ALTBMD Program Office utilize NATO's existing capability to create an efficient air and missile defense system.

Statistics:

  • The ALTBMD program is a six-year, $95 million project.
  • The SAIC-Raytheon team, known as TEAM SAIC, is composed of members from six NATO nations.
  • The program is driven by the threat of terrorism and the proliferation of ballistic delivery means and weapons of mass destruction.

Sources:

  • Defense Daily, Oct. 27, 2005
  • NATO press release

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