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MDA Head Says NGI Competition Will Quicken Fielding

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MDA Head Says NGI Competition Will Quicken Fielding
Two Ground-Based Interceptors (GBI) launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on March 25, 2019, in the first salvo test of an ICBM target. The GBIs successfully intercepted a target launched from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The director of the Missile Defense Agency said the competition between two teams working on the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) is expected to accelerate the fielding of the new missile defense interceptor. “Once we come out of the risk reduction there and have confidence in that design, then we move to a full up development and it’s actually moving pretty quickly. If you look at the timeline to get to first emplacement in ‘28...through competition, we know that that date’s…

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