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Missile Defense

Lockheed Using Northrop Grumman As NGI Rocket Motor Backup

Friday, August 8th, 2025

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Lockheed Using Northrop Grumman As NGI Rocket Motor Backup

Artist concept of Next Generation Interceptors being placed in silos at the Fort Greely, Alaska site. (Image: Lockheed Martin)

While Lockheed Martin [LMT] is using L3Harris Technologies [LHX] to build the large solid rocket motors (SRMs) for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), an official told Defense Daily they have also tapped former NGI competitor Northrop Grumman [NOC] as the backup to limit further schedule delays Last year, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) picked Lockheed Martin to continue NGI development over Northrop Grumman about a year and a half earlier than previously planned due to budget pressure from the Fiscal…

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