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Contract Bringing Jobs to Area
CONTRACT BRINGING THOUSANDS OF JOBS TO AREA
The final piece of a puzzle that ensures billions of dollars of work and thousands of jobs at Hill Air Force Base in Davis County was put in place last year.
On Sept. 8, 2020, defense and aerospace contractor Northrop Grumman was formally selected by the U.S. Air Force to modernize the nation’s aging intercontinental ballistic missile system under a $13.3 billion contract.
Known as the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program, the work will be headquartered at Hill and involves the United States’ current land-based ballistic missile force, which at the time of Northrop Grumman’s selection was made up of some 400 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles. The Air Force is upgrading the missiles, their rocket motors and other components but plans to replace them through the GBSD program by about 2030.
The new program includes the acquisition of missiles, new command and control systems and, eventually, large-scale renovations of launch control centers.
“Our nation is facing a rapidly evolving threat environment and protecting our citizens with a modern strategic deterrent capability has never been more critical,” said Northrop President Kathy Warden, in a press release.
Gen. Tim Ray, commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command, said the new missiles will have increased accuracy, extended range and improved reliability, giving the U.S. the “edge necessary to compete and win against any adversary.”
Work associated with the program will also be performed at the company’s Promontory facility in Box Elder County, along with a few other locations across the U.S. But the lion’s share of the program will happen on the far northwest corner of Hill.
In 2019, Northrop broke ground on the Roy Innovation Center on base. As the program continues to unfold, the campus at Hill will eventually include six new buildings with over 1 million square feet of office and lab facilities.
This contract award for Northrop follows a three-year first phase of the program, during which the company worked with the Air Force to build prototypes, determine schedules and cost estimates, and refine proposed manufacturing processes. It was expected that Northrop Grumman would receive the manufacturing and development portion of the contract that was solidified in 2020.
The program is expected to bring at least 2,250 jobs to the Hill headquarters location alone over the next two decades.
Construction crews work on buildings in the Roy Innovation Center at Hill Air Force Base on Feb. 24. The area is the future site of Northrup Grumman’s headquarters for supporting DoD’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program.
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