March 09, 2015

USAF Will Down-Select for GBSD’s EMD Phase

By ExchangeMonitor

The Air Force plans to award multiple contracts for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent’s (GBSD’s) Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase, and will down-select for the Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase, according to Pre-RFI industry Q & A’s released yesterday. The service is considering all contract types for the GBSD, and will contemplate industry feedback in its decision, according to the document. The government also answered industry questions about posting its affordability goals for the program, stating that the service had not determined the goals and would not provide them as part of the RFI, released Jan. 23.

A separate document listing attendees of the GBSD Industry Day Feb. 18-20 at Hill AFB shows that 38 companies attended the meeting, including current Minuteman 3 (MM3) Integration Support Contractor BAE Systems, current MM3 Guidance Subsystem contractor Boeing, MM3 Ground Subsystem contractor Northrop Grumman and MM3 Reentry Subsystem contractor Lockheed Martin. Other companies in attendance included Aerojet Rocketdyne, Orbital ATK, Rockwell Collins and General Dynamics.

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