Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Missile Defense Agency
Funding agency: Department of Defense / Missile Defense Agency
Period of performance: 2015-07-01 to 2018-01-04
Current total value of award: $42135035
Description: THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO  BOTH RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING AND EVALUATION (RDTE) BMD EXERCISES AND COMBATANT COMMANDER (COCOM) BMD EXERCISES, AS PART OF MDAS RESPONSIBILITY AS THE ACQUISITION AGENCY FOR THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM (BMDS) TO COMPLY WITH THE DOCTRINE, ORGANIZATION, TRAINING, MATERIEL, LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION, PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES (DOTMLPF) DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. RDTE BMD EXERCISES ARE REQUIRED TO ANALYZE AND ANSWER BMDS DEVELOPER QUESTIONS POSED BY THE MDA SYSTEM ENGINEER, BMDS OPERATIONAL TEST AGENCY (OTA), BMDS ELEMENT PROGRAM OFFICES (PO), WARFIGHTERS AND FRIENDS AND ALLIES IN ORDER TO EXAMINE CURRENT AND FUTURE CAPABILITIES MATCHED AGAINST CURRENT AND FUTURE THREATS. COCOM BMD WARGAMES AND EXERCISES ARE REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE COCOMS INTEGRATION, REFINEMENT, EVALUATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF U.S. AND ALLIED BMD DEPLOYED SYSTEMS THAT INFLUENCE CONCEPTS OF OPERATIONS (CONOPS), TACTICS, TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES (TTPS), COMMAND AND CONTROL (C2) RELATIONSHIPS AND ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING OPERATIONAL AND TECHNICAL INTEROPERABILITY AND INTEGRATION ISSUES EARLY IN THE MATERIEL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACTION IS TO DEOBLIGATE FUNDING.