BAE Systems said Jan. 30 it has opened a new office in Utah north of Salt Lake City to serve as a company hub for intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) sustainment and modernization.
Early last year, the company received a $1.2 billion award from the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center’s ICBM directorate at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to extend the company’s work on the Integrated Support Contract 2.0 (ISC 2.0) through July next year. In 2022, BAE won an award worth up to $12 billion for ISC 2.0 work to support the Minuteman III and the future LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM by Northrop Grumman.
The Utah hub is meant to provide a workplace for the company’s engineering, digital transformation and mission operation teams that work nearby on ISC 2.0.
“Utah has become a hub for innovation and talent, and this new office represents our continued investment in the people and capabilities that drive the mission forward,” Jenn Galloway, Integration Support Contract director at BAE Systems, said in the press release. “Expanding here allows us to strengthen capability delivery, and ensure the U.S. maintains readiness for strategic deterrence.”