Northrop Grumman, US Defeat Raytheon’s Missile System Protest

The US government’s selection of Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. to provide a new missile defense system under an “other transaction” agreement worth $650 million withstood Raytheon Co.'s protest.

The US Court of Federal Claims granted the government and Northrop Grumman judgment on the administrative record, a Wednesday judgment said.

• Raytheon protested under seal Nov. 6 after the US Missile Defense Agency chose Northrop Grumman to provide a defense system under the Glide Phase Interceptor program
• The government argued that the court lacked jurisdiction because the challenged award didn’t involve a procurement or a proposed procurement
• Judge Armando O. Bonilla rejected ...