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BAE, Northrop, SAIC, others in $3.04 bln U.S. defense contract

Reuters - UK Focus

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A group of companies including subsidiaries of BAE Systems (LSE: BA.L - news) , Northrop Grumman Corp , Science Applications International Corp, Teledyne Technologies Inc and KBR Inc (Frankfurt: K6B.F - news) will share in a $3.04 billion missile defense contract, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

The order-dependent contract is for a "research and development effort for the design, development, demonstration, and integration, domain-one of space/high altitude and missile defense hardware and software solutions," the Pentagon said in a statement.

Other participants include privately held Dynetics Inc, and QWK Integrated Solutions LLC, which is a joint venture owned by a KBR subsidiary, Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc and privately owned Vencore Inc. (Reporting by Eric Walsh)