Darpa Develops Hypersonic Interceptor

The Boeing Co., Huntsville, Alabama, has been awarded a $70,554,525 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, excluding one unexercised option, for the Glide Breaker Phase 2 program. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama (36%); Seal Beach, California (21%); St. Louis, Missouri (18%); Elkton, Maryland (14%); Buffalo, New York (4%); Gardner, Massachusetts (3%); College Station, Texas (2%); West Lafayette, Indiana (1%); and Minneapolis, Minnesota (1%), with an expected completion date of February 2027. Fiscal 2023 research and development funds in the amount of $8,169,311 are being obligated at the time of award. This contract is a competitive acquisition in accordance with the original Broad Agency Announcement HR001122S0036. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HR001123C0044).