WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of companies including subsidiaries of BAE Systems (>> BAE Systems plc), Northrop Grumman Corp (>> Northrop Grumman Corporation), Science Applications International Corp (>> Science Applications International Corp), Teledyne Technologies Inc (>> Teledyne Technologies Incorporated) and KBR Inc (>> KBR, Inc.) will share in a $3.04 billion missile defence 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 defence hardware and software solutions," the Pentagon said in a statement.

Other participants include privately held Dynetics Inc, Raytheon Co (>> Raytheon Company) and QWK Integrated Solutions LLC, which is a joint venture owned by a KBR subsidiary, Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc (>> Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc) and privately owned Vencore Inc.

(Reporting by Eric Walsh)