US Awards Contract To Build Aegis Land-based Missile System in Poland

The US plans to build a land based missile defence system in Poland called Aegis Ashore as part of the European Phased Adaptive Approach Phase III.

AMEC Programs Inc., Alpharetta, Georgia, was awarded a $182,753,859 fixed-price-incentive contract with options for the European Phased Adaptive Approach Phase III, Aegis Ashore (land-based missile defense system) to be built in Poland with an estimated completion date of April 9, 2018, US DOD release said.

Bids were solicited via the Internet with four received.  Fiscal 2015 and 2016 military construction; research, development, testing, and evaluation; and other procurement funds in the amount of $173,874,936 were obligated at the time of the award.  Army Corps of Engineers, European District, is the contracting activity.

The “Phased Adaptive Approach” concerns missile defense in Europe. The new approach is centered on the Aegis missile defense system and is being deployed in three main phases from 2011 to 2018.