The U.S Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific has awarded a US$295 million contract to Core Tech-HDCC-Kajima LLC for the construction of a defence system command centre in Guam.
The project, which will be performed at Joint Region Marianas, is expected to be completed by March 2029.
“The project is incrementally funded,” the Department of Defence stated in its project award announcement. “Fiscal 2025 military construction funds in the amount of US$157.6 million will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.”
HDCC-Kajima is a joint venture between Core Tech International and the Japanese construction company, Kajima Corp., through its subsidiary Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company. The partnership focuses on military construction projects on Guam.
The command centre facility is one of the components of the US$1.2 billion Guam missile defence system, which is touted to provide 360-degree protection for the island.
Besides the command centre facility, the Guam missile defence architecture includes an array of ground-based missile launchers, SM-3 and SM-6 interceptors, fire control systems, Guam-specific version of the Aegis Ashore command and control system, smaller radars and shorter-range interceptors. The Guam missile defence project is the centrepiece of the Indo-Pacific Command’s Pacific Deterrence Initiative, aimed at countering any potential attack from China.
Source: Island Times/Pacnews
