Aerospace Group:

Missile Defense

MDA Awards Northrop Grumman $541 Million In Hypersonic Missile Defense Work After Downselect

Friday, November 15th, 2024

SHARE:

MDA Awards Northrop Grumman $541 Million In Hypersonic Missile Defense Work After Downselect

Artist concept of Northrop Grumman’s Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) concept for the Missile Defense Agency (Image: Northrop Grumman)

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] $541 million in five, single year firm-fixed-price contract options as part of it winning the competition to develop and build the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI). The award, announced Nov. 13, is part of the current research and development Prototype Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement with the company. The contract increases that current agreement from nearly $292 million to about $833 million. The DoD announcement confirmed this award is in…

Unmanned Systems

In Response To Flag Concerns, DoD Looks To Reduce Drone Prices, As Order for 30,000 Looms

The Pentagon is bargain shopping for Group 1 drones, as other countries, including Ukraine and China, have taken advantage of consumer electronics-level prices to bolster their stables. “In last spring’s […]

Pentagon

Amid Questions On Weapons Stockpiles, Caine Says U.S. Has ‘Sufficient’ Munitions For Iran Operation

Pentagon leaders on Wednesday sought to quell concerns over the rate at which the U.S. is employing critical munitions in its military strike campaign against Iran, with lawmakers also pressing […]

Congress

SASC Leaders Criticize Trump’s Defense Strategy, Press Colby On Policy Shifts

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) leadership on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s new National Defense Strategy (NDS) and pressed the Pentagon’s top policy official to explain the document’s priorities. SASC […]

Congress

Wicker Wants Legislation On DoD’s Equity Investments In Minerals Supply Chain

Legislation regarding equity investments by the Defense Department in critical mineral supply chains is needed to strengthen the larger defense industrial base and demonstrate to the “free market” that the […]