KBR awarded USD 134 mln contract for Deveselu missile defense system

US-based engineering group KBR announced this week it has been awarded a USD 134 million contract by the US Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District to build the supporting facilities of the ballistic missile defense system at the Romanian Deveselu Air Base.

KBR will re-locate a four-story radar deckhouse structure from the East Coast of the United States to Romania, and will build the infrastructure including roads, support buildings, communications, security and utilities.

Andy Summers, group president, KBR Infrastructure, Government and Power, said: “KBR is honored to have been selected to provide support of vital services to the U.S. Department of Defense and we look forward to the successful and safe completion of this project.”

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The Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System will be located on a 269 acre site and will protect NATO European territories.

The first stage of the missile defense shield should become operational by 2015.  

Ovidiu Posirca