The ROLAND Air Defense Missile program is a Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) within the Department of Defense that operates under the Major Capability Acquisition pathway. The program focuses on air defense missile capabilities, though specific operational details are not provided in the source material. The program carries the identification number 143-MDP and is known simply by the acronym ROLAND.
Recent federal contract awards associated with this program have been issued by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) exclusively to Ram-System GMBH, a German-based defense contractor. The contract awards include delivery orders for production specification review and guided missile launching system (GMLS) delta spares material for F126, with individual contract values ranging from approximately $3.2 million to $8.4 million. These awards are structured as firm-fixed-price delivery orders under a Basic Ordering Agreement, with completion dates extending into 2028. Ram-System GMBH, which has received over $700 million in prime federal contract awards since 2019, provides various missile-related services including guided missile components, radar absorbent materials, test equipment, and technical services. The contracts show no small business set-aside designations, and all known work is performed by this foreign-owned, for-profit organization.