WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of companies including subsidiaries of BAE Systems (L:BAES), Northrop Grumman Corp (N:NOC), Science Applications International Corp (N:SAIC), Teledyne Technologies Inc (N:TDY) and KBR Inc (N:KBR) will share in a $3.04 billion missile defence contract, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
The order-dependent contract is for a "research and development effort for the design, development, demonstration, and integration, domain-one of space/high altitude and missile defence hardware and software solutions," the Pentagon said in a statement.
Other participants include privately held Dynetics Inc, Raytheon Co (N:RTN) and QWK Integrated Solutions LLC, which is a joint venture owned by a KBR subsidiary, Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc (O:KTOS) and privately owned Vencore Inc.