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Hill: NGI On Track To Place First New Missile a Year Early

Monday, May 23rd, 2022

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Hill: NGI On Track To Place First New Missile a Year Early

A Missile Defense Agency Ground-Based Interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. as part of Flight Test Ground-Based Interceptor (FTG)-15. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week said the first Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) missiles for homeland-based defense is set to be put in the silos a year earlier than planned. In 2021, MDA chose teams led by Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] to conduct initial technology development and risk reduction work for the NGI. The agency plans to keep the NGI competition lasting at least through the critical design review (CDR) phase. (Defense Daily,…

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