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Pentagon Signs $3Bln Contract to Develop Missile Defense System

© AP Photo / Charles DharapakThis March 27, 2008, file aerial photo shows the Pentagon in Washington.
This March 27, 2008, file aerial photo shows the Pentagon in Washington.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 19.12.2024
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MOSCOW, December 20 (Sputnik) - The US Defense Department said it had signed a $3 billion contract for research and development of the missile defense system through January 2034.
"Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), Laurel, Maryland, is being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum amount of $3,000,000,000. Under this follow-on contract, JHU/APL will provide essential and critical engineering, research, and development capabilities and services in the continued research and development of the Missile Defense System," the department said in a statement.
Under the contract, the work on the missile defense system will start on January 11 and continue until January 10, 2034, the statement added.
This image taken with a slow shutter speed on Oct. 2, 2019, and provided by the U.S. Air Force shows an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Pentagon has raised to $95.8 billion the estimated cost of fielding a new fleet of land-based nuclear missiles to replace the Minuteman 3 - Sputnik International, 1920, 01.12.2024
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