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MDA Reveals More NGI Timeline Details

Thursday, August 10th, 2023

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MDA Reveals More NGI Timeline Details

A long-range Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. In a flight test of a three-stage booster rocket operating in a two-stage mode in 2021. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) leader this week disclosed more details about the testing timeline for the new Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), expected to be underway before the end of the decade. Under the current timeline, MDA plans to start testing the eventual NGI competition winner in 2027 and anticipates “operational testing of NGI in the ‘29 timeframe,” Acting Director of MDA Rear Adm. Douglas Williams said here Wednesday during the Space and Missile Defense Symposium. Since…

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